Japan is a paradise of the unattainable, with temples dating back centuries, high-tech cities, and island resorts. Whether ...

Just a few meters beneath the clear, blue waters of Okinawa, reef-building corals known as Scleractinia have quietly lived ...

Their findings revealed a previously unrecognized diversity across the Ryukyu Archipelago, an exceptional richness of reef-building corals along Okinawa's coastline. Many of these coral genera may ...

Their findings revealed a previously unrecognized diversity across the Ryukyu Archipelago, an exceptional richness of reef-building corals along Okinawa’s coastline. Many of these coral genera may ...

Sending scuba divers down to survey corals is time-consuming and expensive. In recent years, scientists have developed other ...

The Oculina Bank coral reef, found nowhere else in the world, is thousands of years old and habitat for species of grouper and snapper.

Coral destruction and bleaching are among the adverse consequences of the warming of ocean waters, the increasing intensity of typhoons, the development of coastal lands and worsening marine ...

The Oculina Bank coral reef, found nowhere else in the world, is thousands of years old and habitat for species of grouper ...

May 28, 2025 — This study measured the growth rate of coral reefs in Honaunau Bay, Hawaii, using on-site data gathering and aerial imagery. Researchers found that the reefs are being eroded by ...

Coral reefs — which are essential for maintaining marine life and biodiversity, as well as helping protect coastal communities from storms — are losing their colors and transforming in the ...

If you're hoping that reef-restoring coral larvae will settle down in damaged reefs, you can't just sit around and wait for it to happen. You have to get out there and entice the larvae ...