If time feels like a luxury, the cure is island time: that unhurried rhythm where schedules dissolve and days drift with the tide. While Australia’s own coastlines boast pristine getaways, sometimes ...

Coral reefs occupy less than one percent of the ocean floor, yet they provide a home for nearly a quarter of all marine species. Many creatures, including fish and crustaceans, rely on reefs for food, ...

I can’t quite explain the feeling I got when I entered the sparkling, turquoise waters of the Great Barrier Reef.

Tropical reefs might look like inanimate rock, but these colorful seascapes are built by tiny jellyfish-like animals called corals. While adult corals build solid structures that are firmly attached ...

Tropical coral reefs cover less than 1% of the seafloor, yet support 25% of all marine species. They are also incredibly vulnerable. Over the past few decades, an estimated 30–50% have already been ...

Some 60 years ago scientists documented a coral reef off the coast of Benin in West Africa that they presumed was already ...

Sixty years after surveyors first uncovered evidence of a sprawling coral reef off the West African nation of Benin, ...

Researchers compared DNA from corals and their symbiotic organisms from two sites along the Pacific coast of Panama to better understand how the different members of the coral holobiont influence ...

Coral reefs are one of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet. What are the abiotic and biotic interactions that structure this diverse ecosystem? Corals are members of the phylum Cnidaria, a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Great Barrier Reef stretches for 1,429 miles just off Australia's northeastern coast. Auscape/Universal Images Group via Getty ...

The 2025 Global Tipping Points Report finds that the world’s warm-water coral reefs have become the first Earth system to cross its thermal tipping point, putting them at dire risk. The massive reefs, ...