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.

Here at the southern tip of the Great Barrier Reef, you’re practically guaranteed to see them. Descending toward this ...

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

The world’s oceans are becoming dangerously acidic. A controversial proposal would raise the pH — by mixing chemicals into ...

Coral reefs are often described as biodiversity hotspots, but this study reframes them as potent regulators of the ocean’s ...

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

Coral reefs appear to run a daily timetable for microscopic life in nearby waters. Scientists found that microbial ...

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

The Florida Aquarium is part of an initiative to restore 25% of Florida's Coral Reef. The aquarium's Coral Conservation and ...

The fate of these ecosystems may hinge on events in the Pacific Ocean, in particular a natural climate cycle called the El ...