Half of the Great Barrier Reef's corals have died over the past 25 years, scientists said Wednesday, warning that climate change is irreversibly destroying the underwater ecosystem. A study ...

One such ecosystem in peril is coral reefs, which play a major role in sustaining biodiversity in the planet's oceans but are facing increasingly severe conditions as waters heat up, leading to a ...

A new study from Tel Aviv University and the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History detected traces of 10 common medications in coral samples collected from both shallow and deep sites in the Gulf ...

About 44% of Singapore's corals have undergone bleaching, with an estimated 5% dead. Corals, which are made up of small animals called polyps, host tiny algae that feed it and give it colour.