In a race against time, scientists are exploring new ways to restore natural systems. Alongside traditional methods such as planting trees, reducing pollution and reintroducing native species, a ...

Coral reefs are the most diverse of all marine ecosystems. They teem with life, with about one-quarter of all ocean species depending on reefs for food and shelter at some point in their lifecycle.

APOLLO BEACH, Fla. — For the first time, coral from outside of Florida was allowed to be planted in state waters. This happened in early July 2025 with help from the University of Miami, Tela Marine ...

Coral reefs are both beautiful and utterly vital to the ocean ecosystem and the local environment. They provide homes, food and breeding sites for millions of marine plants and animals, including the ...

A city under the sea -- What is a coral? -- Reef builders -- How coral reefs form -- Where coral reefs grow -- Kinds of coral reefs -- Plants and coral reefs -- Coral reef feeders -- Coral reef ...

Australia is doing absolutely everything to protect its most iconic ecosystem — except, perhaps, the one thing that really ...

Protecting Our Oceans at Scale,” Princess Reema highlighted Saudi Arabia’s commitment to ocean conservation and global ...

Elkhorn coral being grown in the Dry Tortugas since 2018 in an effort to save the population died during the August 2023 heat wave. The blistering summer heat wave that hammered South Florida’s coral ...

ALLIGATOR REEF, off the Florida Keys — Three and a half miles off the Florida Keys, Kylie Smith kicked to the surface of the ocean, then looked back down through her scuba mask to confirm what she had ...

This story was co-published with Grist as part of their Proof of Concept video series profiling the science and scientists behind some of the environment’s most surprising research. While the Gulf of ...

Abraham “Snake” Ah Hee rides waves when the surf’s up and dives for octopus and shells when the water is calm. The lifelong Lahaina resident spends so much time in the ocean that his wife jokes he ...

A program in the United Arab Emirates is growing corals native to the Persian Gulf that have evolved to withstand high temperatures. By Jenny Gross Reporting from Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the United ...