From fishing to snorkeling to canoeing, these national parks have plenty of opportunities for paddling adventures.

Coral reefs need long-term care to help them survive, thrive and maintain their beauty and ecological function. To ensure ...

The Coral Triangle has often been compared to the Amazon rainforest, based on the sheer scale of its biodiversity. And now, ...

Discover the remote Caribbean islands, where eco-adventures, stunning diving, tranquil beaches and cultural immersion await ...

Researchers studying a coral disease that has devastated reefs across the Caribbean say they’ve come up with a promising ...

With colors that blend into the bright coral of the reef, it’s just waiting for the opportunity to use its sharp teeth to catch prey. The animal is a lizardfish, part of the fish family Synodontidae, ...

The decline of coral reefs represents threat in food security, coastal protection, and the livelihoods of millions of people.

Overall fish biomass was 48 percent higher in reefs near seabirds than those without. Then a disastrous global coral bleaching event triggered by extreme marine heat in 2015 and 2016 became the basis ...

We’re not eating the corals—we’re eating the fish. The fish play a big role in keeping the coral reef clean, eating algae that overgrows the coral, and so overfishing causes a lot of coral ...

When Victoria Glynn came to Panama to study the effects of extreme ocean temperatures on coral reefs at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) as a pre-doctoral fellow in professor ...

The fate of coral reefs has been written with a degree of certainty rare in climate science: at 1.5 degrees Celsius of global warming, most are expected to die.

Australia’s Ningaloo Reef is sick, like many coral reefs around the world. And scientists warn reef restoration projects are no substitute for climate action.