A new AI method that can accurately detect coral reef health through sound recordings may remove the need for intensive visual studies by expert divers. A team of researchers from the University of ...

A large white coral reef containing important species and fossil traces has been found in a rare discovery. The reef, which ...

Tropical rainforests and coral reefs are both highly complex ecosystems that are rich in biodiversity. Coral reefs are often described as underwater rainforests. -- Maui Ocean Center photo Tropical ...

The artificial reef off Miami Beach will be an art installation, a restoration of the island's coral habitat and an ...

A record 2023 heat wave all but eradicated two species of coral that historically served as the backbone of Florida's reefs, ...

Three-quarters of the world's oceans are still unmapped with much detail. But as our technology improves, researchers can see more and more of what's hidden beneath the inky depths. Such as, say, the ...

Beneath the waters off Egypt's Red Sea coast a kaleidoscopic ecosystem teems with life that could become the world's "last coral refuge" as global heating eradicates reefs elsewhere, researchers say.

Holly East receives funding from the British Society for Geomorphology. Jamie Johnson does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit ...

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“Typically, octocorals are some of the more resistant groups of corals to bleaching," said Dr. Jose Lopez, a professor at NSU ...