Researchers mapping the Great Barrier Reef have discovered a new reef structure that had never been documented before. The reef structure is like a large spire jutting out from the seafloor and ...

ABSTRACT: Much present knowledge about the role of physical factors in structuring reef communities is based on correlative data and small-scale experiments. The construction of a 9 ha artificial reef ...

BUZZARDS BAY — A coral reef discovered by Massachusetts Maritime Academy students during studies with professor Gary Jaroslow may be named in his honor. Massachusetts Maritime Academy officials have ...

Researchers from Curtin University in Western Australia have uncovered an ancient reef structure on the Nullarbor Plain, a large, barren expanse in the desert of southwestern Australia. The Nullarbor ...

The Great Barrier Reef story begins much earlier than most people realize. There is evidence that the Great Barrier Reef is around 650,000 years old, though researchers estimate that the precursor to ...

Scientists exploring the Great Barrier Reef have discovered a huge, never-before-seen coral reef that is taller than the Empire State Building. Standing detached from the main reef, the massive ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Coral reefs are not just a pretty feature to look at underwater, they are described as the lungs of our ocean. They protect coastlines from storm surge and erosion by acting as a ...

Allowing coral reef fish to rebound is emerging as one of the clearest ways to put more healthy protein on the plates of ...

In the first study of its kind, scientists found that when mussels were clumped together forming reefs -- as they do in nature -- the reef structure resulted in a three-fold rise in the amount of ...

The blackfish continue to be the primary focus of angling activities off the coast. A couple of party boats are making offshore runs to the deep water for porgies, cod and even tilefish, but inshore ...