FOR WESH TWO NEWS AT NOON. OKAY, LET’S TURN OUR ATTENTION TO THE ENGINEERS OF THE ECOSYSTEM. WE’RE TALKING HERE ABOUT CORAL REEFS. FIRST WARNING METEOROLOGIST MARQUISE MEDA IS AT THE ORLANDO SCIENCE ...

Coral reefs, those vibrant underwater cities, stand on the precipice of collapse. While rising ocean temperatures and coral bleaching grab headlines, a new essay in Current Biology reveals a hidden ...

The waters off the glittering coastlines of Britain's Caribbean territories have long been a mystery. But now scientists on the first expedition beyond the islands' shallows have discovered an ...

Coral reefs may be more connected than scientists thought, with coral larvae drifting vast distances to spread genetic ...

Research at the University of Sydney has found that scuba-diving tourism—widely promoted as a sustainable way to experience coral reefs—is causing frequent and often hidden damage to fragile marine ...

Tropical coral reefs support the highest levels of biodiversity in the ocean. This vital ecosystem depends on reef-building ...

The underwater world often feels like something from another planet. Life in the seas and oceans remains a mystery to those of us on the surface—not only fascinating but also breathtakingly beautiful, ...

NHA TRANG, Vietnam (AP) — The gentle waves off the coast of central Vietnam’s Nha Trang obscure an open secret: The life-giving coral reefs below are dying. The waters are eerily devoid of fish. The ...

CARE OF ANIMALS FROM THE TOPS OF THE TREES TO THE OCEAN FLOOR. DID YOU KNOW THAT FAILING TO TAKE CARE OF THE ANIMALS COULD IMPACT OUR PHYSICAL HEALTH? FIRST WARNING, METEOROLOGIST GLENN GLAZER IS HERE ...

Coral reefs are the most diverse of all marine ecosystems. They teem with life, with about one-quarter of all ocean species depending on reefs for food and shelter at some point in their lifecycle.

Scuba-diving tourists are causing “unsustainable harm” to coral reefs they claim to conserve, a new study warns.