BUFFALO, N.Y. — Coral reefs are complex ecosystems, a jumble of microhabitats created by corals and the substrate beneath them: holes, areas that are smooth or rough, regions that have steep or ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - University of Hawaii researchers said ground water flowing into the ocean at just the right amount can boost the growth of coral reefs but too much can be harmful. The ...

ASU has been selected to lead a cohort of 14 universities to advise Blue Origin, a Jeff Bezos-funded organization, on its endeavor to build the Orbital Reef space station. Orbital Reef is designed to ...

Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading. The groundbreaking project is being dubbed Rapid Resilient ...

Scientists and students from the University of Miami dove into the dark waters a few miles off the shores of Miami this week as part of an effort to develop hybrid reefs. The team from the Rosenstiel ...

A diver explores one of Florida's coral nurseries where staghorn are grown to replant on reefs. In a breakthrough that could lead to more enduring coral restoration work, scientists for the first time ...

When it comes to coral reefs, there’s good news and bad news, according to one of the largest global studies of these imperiled habitats. While overfishing has led to coral reef degradation, it seems ...

Construction crews have unearthed fossilized coral reefs and animals at the University of Iowa.Cedar Rapids television station KGAN reports that the fossils recently were found during work on the ...

New study suggests climate change is happening too quickly for corals to adjust Scientists at the University of Sydney have ...

A team of scientists from the UK and Australia teamed up to use underwater loudspeakers to try and entice fish back to dead coral reefs and potentially help them recover. By replicating the sounds of ...

A study released on Friday by an Australian university looking at multiple catastrophes hitting the Great Barrier Reef has found for the first time that only 2% of its area has escaped bleaching since ...

World Reef Day kicks off in Hawaii on June 1. A quarter of the world's coral has disappeared in the last 30 years, and scientists warn that coral reefs could be entirely wiped out by the end of the ...