Can crocodiles and alligators co-exist in the wild? The answer is yes – but there is only one place on the planet where this happens.

Water striders are the only insect that live entirely on the ocean’s surface. By some estimates, insects make up 80 percent of named animal species. They’re found all over the world and in all manner ...

Coral reefs are teeming with life: they are home to over a third of all marine animal and plant species on Earth, despite covering less than one percent of the ocean floor. However, this immense ...

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 ...

A tiny, yellow-and-orange juvenile warty frogfish rests on a coral-like object in a habitat at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium. A tiny fish is making big waves at Shedd Aquarium as animal caretakers ...

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

The waters off the glittering coastlines of Britain's Caribbean territories have long been a mystery. But now scientists on ...

Important marine research is underway in Apollo Beach as researchers work to better understand the relationship between coral reefs and sea urchins—two species critical to the health of Florida’s ...

In a world first, scientists that discovered a new type of chiton turned to social media crowdsourcing to come up with the ...

The largest oyster reef restoration in the world is over three square miles and brings many benefits to the ecosystem ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Penguins from the Florida Aquarium waddled their way to the state capitol this week to advocate for more funding for storm protection and reef restoration. African penguins Archi, ...

A new study recently released found more than half the world's coral reefs are bleached because of ocean warming. Data from more than 15,000 reefs globally analyzed by a team of scientists over a ...