Dec 16, 2025 // Coral reefs provide critical coastal shields for hundreds of billions of dollars in coastal infrastructure.

Explore why coral reefs are collapsing worldwide, the science behind the crisis, and the innovative solutions that may help ...

A new study shows how connected coral reefs in Fiji stay healthier when fishing pressure and pollution are reduced together.

The Living Architecture of Our Oceans " These incredible structures are built by tiny animals called polyps that secrete ...

Coral reefs may seem like paradise, but they are being degraded by a range of global and local factors, including climate ...

In an underwater nursery just off the Dominican Republic coast, tiny corals born in a laboratory are slowly growing under the ...

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.

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 ...

Most coral reefs will soon stop growing and may begin to erode—and almost all will do so if global warming hits 2°C, according to a new study in the western Atlantic. An international team, led by ...

Record ocean heat has taken a devastating toll on one of the world’s greatest natural wonders, with coral bleaching on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef reaching “catastrophic” levels, a new study has ...

As the sliver of a new moon shines over Kāneʻohe Bay, Oʻahu, millions of tiny orbs ascend from a reef and swirl in the water column. These spheres are bundles of coral eggs and sperm responding to ...