It's no secret that Florida's iconic coral reefs are in trouble. Repeated body blows from hurricanes, pollution, disease, ...

Coral reefs, the "rainforests of the sea," provide habitats for 25% of all marine life. Critical to global biodiversity, they are essential for food supply, culture and recreation and coastal ...

Croatia is commonly called the “Land of a Thousand Islands,” a name which may sound so poetic, perfectly describing the land ...

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

The legislation aims to speed up a decades old federal program for oil companies to leave their pipelines and platforms on ...

A deep-sea catshark (Scyliorhinus haeckelii) documented at 198 meters on the outer edge of the continental shelf, near the ...

According to a research group in the U.S., nations competing for the South China Sea have wiped out nearly 28.3 square ...

For decades researchers in northern Norway had tried to bring back vital kelp forests after overfishing damaged marine ...

The idea of constructing an island in the middle of the ocean is not new. Decades ago, cities like Miami and San Francisco ...

Scientists from the California Academy of Sciences described 72 new species last year, from elegant birds to strange sea ...

With support from a National Science Foundation Mid-Career Advancement Grant, Associate Professor of Geology Pedro Marenco is ...