In April 2019, a marine heat wave struck a coral reef on the island of Moorea in French Polynesia, killing much of the coral and the beneficial algae that colonized it. This "bleaching" event reduced ...

Reef fish in different oceans often develop similar color patterns because evolution explores the same set of biological ...

A multi-year project to restore the Stono River is getting underway this month as the effort aims to create 7,000 square feet of living shoreline.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover global and domestic health care and conservation. Two years ago almost to the day, my wife Tracy and I found ourselves ...

A recent report on global tipping points warned that coral reefs face widespread dieback and have reached a point from which they cannot recover.

Most travelers come to Florida with a familiar checklist: beaches, theme parks, cotton-candy sunsets, a weeklong escape into ...

Del Rosario holds ceramic pieces with corals growing on it in Bayahibe, Dominican Republic. — Photos: AP Oxygen tank strapped to his back, Michael del Rosario moves his fins delicately as he glides ...

Discover Florida’s only living barrier reef at Dry Tortugas National Park, where crystal-clear waters let you snorkel among tropical fish, sea turtles, and coral reefs.

A COVID-19 pandemic education micropilot launched to provide safe, high-quality educational programming for senior living residents has evolved into a custom program that brings learning opportunities ...

Forest to coast. Coast to reef. Reef to ocean. Ocean back to land. It is the chain of life in motion, each link depending on ...

A recent report on global tipping points warned that coral reefs face widespread dieback and have reached a point from which they cannot recover. But in our new research, we show this might not be the ...

A new synthesis published in Nature Reviews Earth and Environment finds that coral reefs transition to net erosion under all emissions scenarios, even low-to-moderate ones, but that the spread of heat ...