Marine biologists sampling coral reef waters multiple times a day have shown how they shape surrounding marine life.

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

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

The ocean may be nature’s single greatest gift to humanity. It provides about half of the oxygen we breathe, feeds billions of people, supports countless jobs in every corner of the globe, and absorbs ...

Coral reefs shape the daily rise and fall of nearby microbes, organizing them into rhythms that influence how reef ecosystems ...

These maps show where coral reef restoration along the coasts of Florida and Puerto Rico would protect against more than $391 million in total damage to property and lost economic activity annually.

Record levels of heat in the ocean are causing a worldwide mass bleaching event on coral reefs. It's the second one this decade, where the delicate skeletons of corals turn a ghostly white. With mass ...

Harmful bleaching of the world's coral has grown to include 84% of the ocean's reefs in the most intense event of its kind in recorded history, the International Coral Reef Initiative announced ...

Coral reefs may seem like paradise, but they are being degraded by a range of global and local factors, including climate change, poor water quality, and overfishing. New research reveals that ...

Mitchell Lyons receives funding from Australian Research Council and Australian Commonwealth Government. Mitchell Lyons works for the University of Queensland and the University of New South Wales.