28% of the world's coral reefs occur in Southeast Asia, within the famed 'coral triangle' of highest global marine biodiversity. 75% of Malaysia's reefs occur in East Malaysia where over 350 coral ...

The Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia is the largest coral reef in the world. It spans 1,400 miles and is home to 400 types of coral, 1,500 species of fish and 4,000 types of mollusk ...

Most species of hard corals that form the reef’s complex structure and help safeguard coastal communities from storm surge are not having babies in the wild anymore, top marine ecologists told me.

Not all of them are wild. Capitol Reef visitors will find well-kept orchards in the park’s Fruita Rural Historic District, ...

It’s possible that the citizen had been well-meaning and thought bringing the coral back to the wild would benefit the existing reef. However, as none of the species were native to Hawaii ...

Record ocean heat has taken a devastating toll on one of the world’s greatest natural wonders, with coral bleaching on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef reaching “catastrophic” levels ...

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.

Most of these shellfish reefs no longer exist today. Commercial wild oyster harvesting commenced in the 1840s, and more than 43 million oysters were consumed by the 1910s, based on historical ...