Should we continue to destroy old oil-industry structures or preserve the thriving coral-reef ecosystems they're supporting?

Coral reefs are some of the richest and most imperiled ecosystems ... where high temperatures cause coral polyps to reject ...

Researchers Identify Unique Survival Strategies Adopted by Fish in the World's Warmest Waters July 1, 2024 — A team of researchers have identified unexpected ways coral reef fish living in the ...

An experimental reef structure installed Oct. 30 at an Air Force base in Florida uses interlocking concrete modules and ...

Decades of coastal erosion and land loss have dramatically altered the landscape around Grand Bayou Louisiana.

Distinct from a coral reef, which is a collection of coral colonies ... this coral is not safe from global warming and other ...

Within months, staffers say, nature takes its course and oyster growth attaches to the shells to become living reefs. “They will immediately start recruiting oyster growth,” said Fox Bach.

Rising ocean temperatures are affecting 77% of the coral reefs in 74 countries. Bleaching occurs when colorful algae, known ...

In 1939, Smith named the species Latimeria chalumnae, also known as gombessa. Since then, this species, found along the east ...

The hope is that more oysters, which can form natural seawalls in shallow water, will attach to and colonize the honeycombed barrier, ultimately forming resilient “living reefs,” Rutgers ...

Living shorelines are alternatives to seawalls that use natural elements such as oyster reefs, mangroves and marsh grasses.

Almost nothing stood in the way of the pounding waves that crashed into seaside homes in Staten Island's Tottenville ...