The study of ancient reef systems provides a window into marine ecological complexity in deep time. These reefs, constructed by a combination of microbial communities and early metazoans, illustrate ...

Do you know which is the largest coral reef in the world? Explore why the Great Barrier Reef holds this title, along with its ...

Australia is creating a new multi-million dollar project to save the Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest coral reef system, according to an Agence France-Presse article published in Phys.org. The ...

Scientists say that these weather conditions are increasingly disrupting the natural cooling mechanisms that help protect the ...

Scientists are sounding an alarm after a new study finds coral reef temperatures have reached their highest in at least four centuries, per an article published in the New York Times. According to the ...

(CNN) — Wilfried Gebhardt still remembers his first dive at Apo Reef over 30 years ago. The now-retired German geographer had just moved to Sablayan, a municipality on Mindoro island, southwest of ...

In an effort to restore damaged coral reefs, some groups are growing hardy varieties of coral in nurseries, then transplanting them onto existing reef beds. The new Maritechture system is designed to ...

The planet holds countless natural wonders, yet few match the sheer complexity of the Great Barrier Reef off Australia's northeastern coast. This underwater metropolis stretches for over 2,300 ...

A study led by Associate Professor Kelton McMahon at University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography has found that food webs on tropical reefs are more fragile than we once thought.

The Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System, inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996, is comprised of seven protected areas. As the largest reef complex in the Atlantic-Caribbean region it ...