PLACENCIA, Belize — After Hurricane Iris decimated the coral reef at Laughing Bird Caye National Park in 2001, many wrote off the UNESCO World Heritage site as a coral graveyard. But a small group ...

Coral reefs, though covering less than 1% of the world’s oceans, are home to roughly 25% of all marine species at some stage in their life cycle. However, these vibrant ecosystems are under growing ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — A study by researchers at University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology found that coral reefs are less frequent in the tropics due to warming oceans. The ...

Investing in natural infrastructure by restoring coral reefs in Florida and Puerto Rico can save millions of dollars by mitigating flooding damage, according to a study by a U.S. Geological Survey ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Coral restoration is vastly outpaced by degradation, while intensifying climate stress, prohibitive costs, poor site selection and lack of ...

Researchers are designing a global real-time monitoring system to help save the world's coral reefs from further decline, primarily due to bleaching caused by global warming. Australian researchers ...

MIAMI — When Andrew Baker looks out at the vacant lot next to his office on Virginia Key, he doesn’t see the trees or grass that are there now. He sees a factory of the future. One story tall, roughly ...