The area’s newest artificial reef is now on the bottom of the Gulf. But it’s going to be a while before anyone can visit. The Bay County Artificial Reef ...

In total, the reef system covers approximately 132,900 square miles (344,400 square kilometres), which makes it roughly the same size as Japan. In fact, it’s so large that it can be seen from space – ...

A new study reveals that more than half of the world's coral reefs are bleached due to ocean warming, with 15% experiencing ...

With a human population of 8.3 billion people worldwide and millions facing malnutrition, food security is something to think about. But imagine if the ocean could help with that. Scientists at the ...

A new peer-reviewed study led by Israeli researchers has found that coral reefs help control the daily lives of microbes, tiny bacteria, and microscopic algae that live in the water around them. The ...

It may not snow in Queensland in December, but underwater, the Great Barrier Reef is putting on its own kind of snowfall in a dazzling underwater exhibition of new life. Giant clams, molluscs and ...

For centuries we’ve treated coral reefs as nature’s busy marketplaces: dazzling, dense hubs of biodiversity. A new study argues they’ve also been Earth’s metronome, setting the pace of carbon cycling ...

Scientists in Australia have begun testing a new robotic system designed to help restore parts of the Great Barrier Reef damaged by repeated bleaching events. The initiative, led by the Australian ...

South Florida is seeing a wave of new cars, but they won't add to traffic or lengthen anyone's commute. That's because the cars are made of marine-grade concrete and were installed underwater. Over ...

With much of the world’s coral turning a ghostly white, UC Riverside scientists have launched a $1.1 million project to uncover how reefs regain life-giving algae after suffering from heat stress.