Somewhere in the warm shallows of Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, the largest marine protected area in the United ...

Sea turtles could help curb an invasive algae bloom in Hawaii, but their efforts could also spread the threat to the reefs.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Coral reefs perform many important functions, such as buffering coastlines and providing habitat for one-fourth of all marine ...

The fish that are in the area will eat small pieces, but a turtle the size of that animal can actually come in and take ...

Globally, coral reefs are under siege by multiple stressors, one of which is herbaceous algae. An overabundance of algae on reefs can lead to regime shifts of reefs from being coral-dominated to algal ...

Turbinaria algae coat the corals, foreground, at a north shore reef on the French Polynesian island of Mo'orea. Turbinaria is a genus of brown algae found primarily in tropical marine waters.

Warming oceans have brought a record level of toxic compounds to the world’s coral reefs. That’s bad news for seafood production and marine life as a whole. Coral reefs are sometimes dubbed ...

LONDON, April 15(Reuters) - Huge stretches of coral reef around the world are turning a ghostly white this year amid record warm ocean temperatures. On Monday, the U.S. National Oceanic and ...

Coral reefs are known for their vibrant, rainbow-hued colors. They are vital to 25% of ocean life, even though they only make up less than 1% of the planet’s surface. They provide food and shelter for ...

There hasn’t been a worse time to be a coral in recent history. Record-breaking sea surface temperatures have persisted globally since March 2023. In that time, more than three-quarters of the world’s ...