(CNN) — The turquoise water of Hōnaunau Bay in Hawaii, an area popular with snorkelers and divers, is teeming with spiny creatures that threaten to push the coral reef “past the point of recovery,” ...

As coral reefs struggle to adapt to warming waters, high levels of pollution and sea-level rise, ballooning sea-urchin populations are threatening to push some reefs in Hawaii past the point of ...

The Barracudas won the conference title for the third time in four years after beating Hialeah Gardens on Wednesday at Tropical Park.

Abraham “Snake” Ah Hee rides waves when the surf’s up and dives for octopus and shells when the water is calm. The lifelong Lahaina, Hawaii, resident spends so much time in the ocean that his wife ...

Two Virginia high school students have discovered how sea anemones respond to salinity changes caused by hurricane rainfall.

Landing gear from a U.S. Navy jet pulverized coral when it came to a stop in an environmentally sensitive Hawaii bay after overshooting a runway nearly two weeks ago, a state official said Monday. Kim ...

2023 was a stressful year for Florida’s coral reefs. Sea surface temperature records were shattered for several days, and the unprecedented heat stress led to several bleaching events across Florida’s ...

As the world's oceans heat up with climate change, coral reefs are increasingly under threat. Bleaching events—defense mechanisms against high temperatures that turn corals white—have become more ...

Hōnaunau Bay, Hawaii on 25 January, 2020. Sea urchin populations are ballooning in the bay, putting the coral reef at risk, a new study has found. - Greg Asner The turquoise water of Hōnaunau Bay in ...