Scientists are pleasantly surprised to have rediscovered a once presumed dead species that has emerged back in the spotlight ...

Some 60 years ago scientists documented a coral reef off the coast of Benin in West Africa that they presumed was already ...

The footage showed a seemingly healthy reef, with 8 different types of coral and 8 species of fish sheltering and feeding ...

The researchers say it's possible that further surveys will identify more reefs. The post Coral reef presumed dead for 60 ...

Sixty years after surveyors first uncovered evidence of a sprawling coral reef off the West African nation of Benin, ...

A coral reef, missing and presumed dead, has been found alive and well off the coast of Benin. Surveys in the 1960s, focused ...

Groundwater input to coral reefs directly affects water chemistry and triggers a cascade of changes in the coastal ecosystem, according to a new study led by University of Hawaiʻi (UH) at Mānoa ...

China has discovered a globally rare coral reef growth structure-type marine blue hole at Huangyan Dao, marking the first coral reef blue hole explored and verified in the country, according to a ...

Coral reefs are one of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet. What are the abiotic and biotic interactions that structure this diverse ecosystem? Corals are members of the phylum Cnidaria, a ...

-- A pioneering study has revealed significant improvements in coral health through an innovative approach of transplanting healthy reef ecosystems to damaged reefs. The study offers new hope for ...

Coral research : past efforts and future horizons / Robert H. Richmond, Eric Wolanski -- The paleoecology of coral reefs / John M. Pandolfi -- Remote sensing of coral reef processes / Eric J. Hochberg ...

Over the past decades, recreational diving has emerged as a powerful driver of both economic opportunity and ecological disturbance in coral reef regions worldwide. Divers’ fin kicks, buoyancy errors ...