"Fundamental to understanding how to sustain reefs in the future." Researcher discovers rare ocean phenomenon serving as unlikely ally to reefs: 'Could offer a blueprint' first appeared on The Cool ...

The mucilage – also known as ‘sea snot’ – continuing to affect the Sea of Marmara is settling on the seabed and threatening marine life, putting corals at risk. These corals form a critical element in ...

Researchers have discovered a giant coral colony on the north-western coast of Saudi Arabia, in a part of the Red Sea that is being developed as a luxury tourist resort. The colony, a feature ...

There are fish in every shade imaginable, gliding gelatinous jellyfish, mesmerising plants, and colourful coral, and even more exciting is that over 80% of it has not been seen or discovered by humans ...

World’s largest coral discovered off the Solomon Islands Corals are critical defenses against the effects of climate change.

Near-annual extreme heat in the Coral Sea, including in 2024, is causing back-to-back mass bleaching events in the iconic Great Barrier Reef.

The USS Lexington (CV-2) was recently found in the waters of the Coral Sea just 500 miles off the eastern coast of Australia. The aircraft carrier was scuttled following the Battle of Coral Sea in ...

Indonesian conservationist Nyoman Sugiarto has been working for 16 years to preserve coral on the reefs of Bali, but the frequency of mass coral bleachings he says is now devastating.

A sea-borne pandemic that wiped out sea urchin populations in the Red Sea has spread and is taking out the species in parts of the Indian Ocean and could go global, scientists in Israel say.

Scientists from Southeastern states and other leading ecologists have requested permanent protections for the region’s deep coral oases and broader ecosystem.

The acoustic and physical parameters of the samples retrieved from the sampling laboratory from the sea floor sediments are measured, and one-parameter and two-parameter equations applicable to the ...