The Caribbean Division of The Nature Conservancy (TNC) has focused on monitoring, protecting and restoring the region’s marine environments for more than 40 years. As the plight of coral reefs has ...

Nearly 75% of the world's coral reefs are under threat from global stressors such as climate change and local stressors such as overfishing and coastal development. Those working to understand and ...

This scientist couple created an airborne observatory to map tropical forests. Now they’re using it to identify threatened reefs. By Paul Tullis Coral reefs comprise just 1 percent of the ocean floor ...

Approximately 33 percent of reef-forming coral species are threatened with extinction due to multiple threats including habitat destruction, pollution, and climate change. Nearly half of Australia's ...

Researchers used Earth-orbiting satellites to map coral reef biodiversity at a global scale to show that areas of high habitat diversity also have high species diversity. This new satellite mapping ...

Coral reefs line shores around the world, but they’re sometimes tough to spot because well, they’re underwater. Now, a group of researchers has found that satellite imagery is capable of mapping reefs ...

The team mapped and classified over 3,600 coral and 2,900 rocky reefs, creating the first comprehensive view of northern Australia's reef boundaries, with final datasets available through public data ...

The coral reefs in the Bahamas, Jamaica, and the rest of the Caribbean are among the most biodiverse places on the planet. They’re also disappearing, threatened by everything from climate change to ...

Coral reefs play a critical role on the planet. They are some of the most biodiverse biomes, providing food and habitat for about 25% of all marine life and acting as nurseries for both natural and ...

Environmental scientist Alexandra Ordoñez Alvarez from the University of Queensland collects data in Far Northern Great Barrier Reef on Ashmore Bank. Courtesy of Arizona State University Scientists ...