Museum researchers reconstructed the evolutionary history of stony corals over the past 460 million years, providing insights ...

An aerial drone photo taken on March 26, 2025 shows reefs in China's Huangyan Island area in the South China Sea.

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While it's tempting to get the perfect souvenir that captures your Caribbean beach vacation, you may be breaking the law if ...

I grew up thinking of coral reefs as distant, almost mythical places—bright, resilient cities under the sea that would ...

Scientists are increasingly concerned that the planet is headed for massive, irreversible changes due to global warming. In ...

Over the past year, a dredger operated by Dutch company Van Oord cut through a coral reef off the coast of northern ...

Young corals can still build skeletons in acidic water, but the altered crystal structure makes the skeletons smaller and ...

The Geographic Foundation of Marine Richness 6% of the planet's oceanic area, yet houses 76% of all known coral species in ...

When healthy, anemones look like pink flowers blossoming on rocks and coral, and serve as homes for clownfish, made famous by the film Finding Nemo. But in 2023 biologists found an entire population ...

Rising ocean temperatures aren't the only factor stressing ocean corals. Researchers have also found that microplastic pollution in oceans is disrupting coral reproduction, preventing coral ...

(TriceEdneyWire.com) - My parents' marriage was against the law in Maryland in 1966, so they moved west. By the time I was born in 1973, they had settled in Monterey County, California—the same year ...