Three species of sea turtles are regularly observed in the Red Sea, which is an inlet of the Indian Ocean: hawksbills, greens ...

Decades of coral mining and coastal erosion from rising sea levels threaten a series of vital islands in the Gulf of Mannar. Efforts are now on to save them.

CARLSBAD, Calif. -- Some four miles off the Southern California coast, a company is betting it can solve one of ...

"When we start messing with these very critical and unfortunately sparse coastal lagoons and wetlands, it can have tremendous ...

This coral keeps time without a brain, showing how distributed nerve nets can synchronize movement across an entire animal.

While neighboring wild reefs experienced bleaching rates as high as 80%, Dr. Nazurally's reefs experienced just as much in ...

The researchers found that coral reefs across the world could raise sustainable fish production by almost 50 percent. This increase could provide between 20,000 and 162 million extra fish servings per ...

A joint study by Tel Aviv University and the University of Haifa set out to solve a scientific mystery: how a soft coral is ...

A massive black coral, measuring 4 meters high and 4.5 meters wide, has been found by researchers exploring the underwater ...

Allowing reef fish populations to recover could dramatically increase the global supply of sustainable seafood.