Lancaster University marine biologist Sally Keith and her colleagues were looking into how the behaviour of butterflyfish might vary geographically — but then a mass coral bleaching event hit, and the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Last week, the International Coral Reef Initiative (ICRI), a global partnership and forum of 100-plus governments, NGOs, and other ...

Emily Darling, a coral reef scientist from Toronto, has spent thousands of hours underwater observing corals. She’s noticed a ...

Coral reefs are known for their vibrant, rainbow-hued colors. They are vital to 25% of ocean life, even though they only make up less than 1% of the planet’s surface. They provide food and shelter for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study recently released found more than half the world's coral reefs are bleached because of ocean warming. Data from more ...

Scientists are developing autonomous underwater robots to accelerate coral reef restoration and counter massive losses from heatwaves and bleaching. The technology promises rapid, low-cost planting ...

Warming oceans have brought a record level of toxic compounds to the world’s coral reefs. That’s bad news for seafood production and marine life as a whole. Coral reefs are sometimes dubbed ...

Reef restoration is a slow process, with divers planting coral fragments one at a time by hand. But roboticists are now ...

At 1.5C of global warming, up to 90% of coral reefs could be lost. The next few months could be a defining moment ...

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 ...