The Great Barrier Reef, a global treasure and the largest coral reef system on Earth, has suffered its most widespread coral ...

Over 20 years ago, then Indonesian president Megawati Soekarnoputri banned the export of sea sand from her archipelago nation.Authors Bioantika PhD ...

The demand for sand is soaring in places like Singapore. But extracting sand from the sea is destructive. It’s worth looking ...

Meanwhile the planet’s biggest overarching threat—climate change—is expected to worsen under Trump, who ordered the U.S. to leave the Paris Climate Agreement on his first day back in office.

Mesoamerican Reef Report Card reveals a mixed outlook for the world’s second-largest barrier reef, Yahoo reports.

Coral reefs are pivotal for the sustenance of life but an NGO's well-meaning effort to create an artificial reef in the late ...

An aquatic adventure in the western Pacific island nation of Palau — home to over 300 islands — highlights the reward of ...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration designated the marine portions of Hawaii’s Papahānaumokuākea Marine ...

Torres Strait Islanders have welcomed the return of the coral collection, which was taken from Mer by an American scientist ...

Jamaica is one of the most beautiful islands in the Caribbean and has so much more to offer than your regular fly-and-flop ...

As other University of Alaska Fairbanks students were enjoying their final days of winter break, Blake Brady watched as her ...