A study led by Associate Professor Kelton McMahon at University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography has found that food webs on tropical reefs are more fragile than we once thought.

Floating about 500 feet offshore of Illinois Beach State Park, Hillary Glandon tightened her scuba goggles, grabbed a small ...

As marine life around the world faces steep decline, Dubai is turning to large-scale artificial reef structures to help reverse the damage and protect local ecosystems.Scientists have been testing ...

Coral bleaching isn’t just an ocean crisis. Here’s how the global event endangers food security, local jobs—and the land ...

So if you think about the complexity of a coral reef space, if you’re trying to keep sight of, maybe, a fish that’s important to you—it’s part of your shoal, or it’s your mate—and you ...

These exceptionally well-preserved reefs date back 7,000 years, offering a unique window into what Caribbean reefs looked like before human impact. Within the fine sediments of these ancient reefs, ...

I have spent much of my life studying predatory fishes in East Africa’s coastal waters, but never have I been more concerned about their future. The disappearance of the western Indian Ocean’s ...