Its allure lies in coral reef and wall dives ... I’m still hoping to find a seahorse and the splendid toadfish, which is endemic to Cozumel. I’m also half hoping to see a hammerhead shark.

Tiger snout seahorse – West Australian seahorse (Hippocampus subelongatus) swim underwater in Ningaloo reef in Western Australia ... they are noted for their preference for coastal habitats and coral ...

Viewed from the boat, the mighty elkhorn corals shimmer through the clear water, their tips grazing the surface and seeming ...

Coral restoration won’t save reefs from global warming, according to a recent study – at least, not the way we’re doing it ...

Bleached coral dies when exposed to heat stress for too long, threatening the bountiful marine ecosystem that depends on it ...

the International Coral Reef Initiative announced Wednesday. It's the fourth global bleaching event since 1998 and has now surpassed bleaching from 2014-17 that hit some two-thirds of reefs ...

the International Coral Reef Initiative announced Wednesday. It’s the fourth global bleaching event since 1998, and has now surpassed bleaching from 2014-17 that hit some two-thirds of reefs ...

“Bleaching becomes more severe if either the heat stress episodes are more intense or if they last for a longer time,” Joerg Wiedenmann, a marine biologist who heads the Coral Reef Laboratory ...