On the Caribbean island of Bonaire, visitors not only witness the beauty of the reefs but can also help improve their health. Courtesy of Tourism Corporation Bonaire Bonaire in the Caribbean sea. I ...

Coral reefs are some of the most breathtaking and diverse ecosystems on our planet. They are mostly referred to as the "rainforests of the sea" due to their vast biodiversity. Coral reefs are not just ...

Why do people care about coral reefs? Why does their damage cause such concern and outrage? What drives people to go to great lengths to protect and restore them? Subscribe to our newsletter for the ...

(CNN) -- When coral reef ecologist Randall Kosaki and a team of scientists arrived by boat at a well-known coral reef near Hawaii this month, they had to "double-check their GPS," he told CNN. They ...

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 ...

Researchers have described a stunning multicolored wrasse in the Maldives as a newfound species, after the fish spent decades being misidentified as a closely related species. The rainbow-colored fish ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - It's such a vibrant orange that divers think it's part of South Florida's colorful coral reefs. But it's a destructive sponge that for the past decade has been spreading and ...

Researchers recently captured images of the damage from Hurricane Walaka in October to Rapture Reef at French Frigate Shoals in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. A shark swims over a coral reef at ...

When coral reef ecologist Randall Kosaki and a team of scientists arrived by boat at a well-known coral reef near Hawaii this month, they had to “double-check their GPS,” he told CNN. They were “not ...