Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Great Barrier Reef stretches for 1,429 miles just off Australia's northeastern coast. Auscape/Universal Images Group via Getty ...

Oysters are so much more than a seafood delicacy. They're ecosystem engineers, capable of building remarkably complex reefs. These structures act as the kidneys of the sea, cleaning the water and ...

Where there are coral reefs, you expect to find sharks. But that’s not always the case. I’ve been scuba diving for more than ...

As global warming accelerates, extreme heat waves are causing widespread death of tropical reef corals. Most corals rely on ...

Rhode Island's Northern star coral, Astrangia poculata, is the first hard coral species to undergo successful gene insertion. Researchers manipulated Astrangia's genes, potentially offering insights ...

Back in crystal-clear tropical waters, survival depends entirely on what can be caught beneath the surface. Diving into vibrant reefs, the search for food leads to an exciting discovery — a new ...

A groundbreaking study of 7,000-year-old exposed coral reef fossils reveals how human fishing has transformed Caribbean reef food webs: As sharks declined by 75 percent and fish preferred by humans ...

Researchers compared DNA from corals and their symbiotic organisms from two sites along the Pacific coast of Panama to better understand how the different members of the coral holobiont influence ...

SEATTLE — The Seattle Aquarium's new Ocean Pavilion expansion opened to the public Thursday. The Seattle Aquarium said the Ocean Pavilion is the first project to be completed as part of the Seattle ...

Coral reefs are important in many ways, but they also play a major role in protecting much of the world's coastlines from erosion by blocking up to 90% of incoming wave energy. During a tropical ...