Sea levels rising and falling over hundreds of thousands of years may have helped build the oceanic structures ...

The latest IPCC report warns that over 90% of coral reefs could disappear by 2050. This would be an ecological and human ...

The most severe global coral bleaching event ever recorded is underway, with most of the world's reefs hit by damaging heat ...

Off the coast of the Maldives, the coral reef “twilight zone” is buzzing with life. This section of reef — categorized as coral reefs at depths between 100 and 500 feet — provides safety and refuge to ...

Along the way, Darwin hatched new ideas about the formation of reefs — including the shimmering island rings of coral known as atolls. Once upon a time, Darwin proposed, there must have been a ...