Imagine diving into a crystal-clear ocean and suddenly coming face-to-face with a bustling metropolis built not by humans, ...

A huge colony of Pavona coral near the coast of Saudi Arabia is thought to be the largest living example found in the Red Sea ...

A NOAA Ocean Exploration crew is on a weeks-long mission researching the iconic USS Yorktown, an U.S. Navy aircraft carrier ...

A new study led by James Cook University Senior Research Officer and Lecturer, and University of New South Wales Ph.D.

complex and living ecosystems that are often called the rainforests of the sea. Like tropical rainforests, coral reefs provide life and habitats for an array of plants and animals. The underwater ...

Within the structure of the coral reefs, members of almost every phyla of plants and animals live and ... cemented with calcite and aragonite. If sea level changes, the reefs become exposed ...

Coral reefs are like cities under the sea. The structure of the living corals ... within which other plants and animals live. The Great Barrier Reef is the largest structure ever made by life ...