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

Collection of water for analyzing reef water microorganisms is routinely done in St. John, USVI, using a Niskin bottle, which can be closed underwater at the sampling location. Woods Hole, MA (May 16, ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Coral reefs around the world are facing some tough times. Between disease, warming oceans and human involvement, many reefs are dying off. This month, scientists reported that the ...

Coral reefs could become a crucial part of the pathway to help fight global hunger and improve nutrition around the world.

Overfished coral reefs are producing far less food than they could. Researchers found that letting reef fish populations ...

Planting new coral in degraded reefs can lead to rapid recovery – with restored reefs growing as fast as healthy reefs after just four years, new research shows. Reefs worldwide are severely ...

Tabulata and Rugosa are orders of extinct corals that have been taxonomically described for more than 170 years. They were among the main reef builders in the Palaeozoic era (which spanned 541 million ...

New York City is getting a pearl of underwater development off the shores of Brooklyn — one that will rival Australia’s Great Barrier Reef in terms of ecological importance. The Billion Oyster Project ...

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Researchers at UC San Diego have developed a substance that can attract coral larvae, which could overcome an obstacle of reef restoration efforts, it was announced Wednesday. The ...

With a human population of 8.3 billion people worldwide and millions facing malnutrition, food security is something to think about. But imagine if ...