Scientists have discovered the world's largest coral formation in the Southwest Pacific Ocean. Measuring 34 by 32 meters, it can be seen from space, but somehow we have missed it for hundreds of years ...

Research into the impacts of ocean acidification on coral reefs and other marine organisms is still in its beginning stages. However, understanding how higher concentrations of carbon dioxide in the ...

MADISON, Wis. — A new University of Wisconsin–Madison study has implications for predicting coral reef survival and developing mitigation strategies against having their bony skeletons weakened by ...

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill damaged coral formations deep beneath the surface of the Gulf of Mexico and miles from the ruptured well at the heart of the disaster, researchers reported Monday.

I HAVE read with great interest the article on coral formations in your last number (p. 393), by Capt. Wharton. It is not because I wish to claim to have anticipitated the views which he gives as to ...

There might be an upside to the loss of coral reefs. Their decline would mean oceans can absorb up to 5 per cent more carbon dioxide by 2100, researchers estimate, slowing the build up of this ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (KTVI) – Charles Darwin may have been wrong ...

The ring-shaped coral islands known as atolls, like this one in the Maldives Islands in the Indian Ocean, may trace their formation to sea levels repeatedly rising and falling over hundreds of ...

NASA shared a black-and-white image from the Curiosity rover’s ChemCam Remote Micro Imager that showed a small, coral-like rock formation on the floor of Gale Crater. The telescopic photo, taken on ...