A study in Nature reveals that islands, covering just 5.3% of the planet's land, harbor 21% of the world's plant biodiversity ...

Since 2023, more than 70% of the world’s reefs have experienced a level of heat stress. Elevated water temperatures trigger ...

Previously, scientists thought only microbes and viruses could live beneath the seafloor crust where tectonic plates meet.

A global coral bleaching event that began last year has quickly grown to the largest on record, according to a US agency, ...

Scientists discovered life forms beneath hydrothermal vents, revealing complex deep-sea ecosystems hidden below the surface.

The mass bleaching that started in February 2023 is now the most extensive on record, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

There are more than 50 species of snakes that live in the seas. Some are super venomous and they can zip through the water ...

In an office wing of the Natural History Museum in London, two researchers slide open a plain storage cupboard door to reveal a hidden treasure: shelves of fossilised corals, up to 30 million years ...

Representatives of Trans Americas Fiber said the 1,346-mile cable would stretch from Vero Beach, Florida, to Butler Bay, St.

Taylor Swift coral? The Audubon Aquarium of the Americas now has a new, beautiful coral on exhibit called “Swiftia exserta,” and it is here just in time for Taylor Swift’s visit ...

This month, the devastating damage caused by two powerful hurricanes - Helene and Milton - has left communities in the USA ...

Hope Spot Champions Rili Djohani and Wira Sanjaya are restoring damaged reefs in the Coral Triangle in Indonesia.  Read more ...