Life is abundant, even in the deepest parts of the ocean.

These incredible corals form what may be one of the world’s largest reef systems—and researchers have a plan to restore it ...

Brittlestars, sea anemones and a catshark among new-to-science species collected during expedition off the Queensland coast ...

DENVER — Two weeks ago, a Southwest flight landed in Denver with special cargo. In it, 30 colonies of coral from 10 different species rescued off the coast of Florida where a disease is threatening to ...

Coral reefs are the most diverse of all marine ecosystems. They teem with life, with about one-quarter of all ocean species depending on reefs for food and shelter at some point in their lifecycle.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jared Ranahan is a reporter who covers travel and ecotourism. With close to 2,000 avian species found across the nation, Colombia ...

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Researchers at UC San Diego have developed a substance that can attract coral larvae, which could overcome an obstacle of reef restoration efforts, it was announced Wednesday. The ...

OFF THE COAST OF EFATE ISLAND, Vanuatu (AP) — Beneath the turquoise waters of Vanuatu, amid a graveyard of broken coral, a moray eel peers from the branches of a staghorn colony. Nearby, the feathered ...

UC San Diego's Daniel Wangpraseurt and Samapti Kundu monitor coral growth in an experimental aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Coral larvae are picky about where they attach and settle ...