Coral reefs can be separated into three distinct zones: the back reef, reef crest, and fore-reef (Figure 7). The back reef includes the shallow lagoon between the shore and coral reef. This ...

As hurricanes intensify around the world, there are indications that the storms can and will have a direct impact on some of ...

A small team of ichthyologists at the California Academy of Sciences has discovered a new species of damselfish living off ...

Right now, coral reefs around the globe are in crisis as warming oceans fueled by climate change is leading to bleaching and ...

Tenders ferry tourists from the cruise liners to shore in Grand Cayman As the visitors ... The cruise ships and the coral reef beneath them are at the heart of a dispute that has pitted local ...

They had to tow it in to shore and deposited them has high up on the beach as the tide would permit ... Aside from a gentle cleaning and a new base, very little conservation work has been needed in ...

Scientist Ben Jones plans to grow dozens of species of coral in a project designed to build an engineered coral reef ...

The most famous of these is the 2,300km-long Great Barrier Reef, located off the north-eastern shores of Australia. Healthy coral forms a symbiotic relationship with microscopic algae, known as ...

To rehabilitate the reef, coral fragments were affixed to coral "spiders", which consisted of three-and-a-half square f00t structures made from rust-protected reinforcing steel rods ("rebar").

In collaboration with architect Alberto Latorre, artist Carlos Betancourt has installed a series of 3D-printed stars along ...

oddball fish went about their business on the reef. But all of that was at 60 feet down. Closer to shore the picture wasn’t as rosy. “You know what bleaching is?” Griciūtė asked. “Coral ...