Corals at Sharp Island suffered “minor damage” after tourists flocked to the snorkelling hotspot on China’s National Day, a Hong Kong government official has said. Patrick Lai, deputy director of the ...

Heat stress has impacted 84% of coral reefs worldwide since 2023, making this the highest level of coral damage in history, reported Mongabay. Scientists are witnessing unprecedented damage to coral ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock Major gas projects could cause critical damage to Mozambique's coral reef. Oil and gas giant TotalEnergies ...

Coral reefs have long been losing their color due to bleaching, but a recent uptick has caused nearly all of the world's reefs to be damaged. A record-breaking amount of marine life fell victim to the ...

Elkhorn and staghorn corals used to carpet Florida’s reef system, rising like antlers from the seabed — but not anymore. These crucial coral species are now “functionally extinct” in the region after ...

The first major assessment of coral near busy Port Everglades in a decade has led scientists to a surprising discovery: one of the world’s busiest channels is also home to millions of corals, ...

A new study recently released found more than half the world’s coral reefs are bleached because of ocean warming. Data from more than 15,000 reefs globally analyzed by a team of scientists over a ...