WASHINGTON — Scientists have mapped the largest coral reef deep in the ocean, stretching hundreds of miles off the U.S. Atlantic coast. While researchers have known since the 1960s that some coral ...

Hundreds of meters below the Atlantic’s surface, off the coast of the southeastern United States, sonar pulses bounced off ...

Researchers have developed an autonomous system for seeking out and mapping hotspots of biodiversity on coral reefs with ...

Lord Howe Island lies in the middle of the ocean, about 700 kilometers northeast of Sydney. It's covered in lush forest and fringed by the world's most southerly coral reef ecosystem. This reef system ...

Key Highlight: Even if you don't have plans to snorkel or dive during your trip, the center provides visitors with a deeper understanding of the underwater world – all without the need for any fish ...

Early Monday morning, the National Weather Service office in Miami lit up the marine wires with a special warning that turned ...

SAN ANTONIO, Zambales — As part of the annual Month of the Ocean celebration, divers from government environmental offices ...

Imagine a world where an indigenous fisher can get forecasts of local marine life from a smart phone, or a team of robots can offer real-time data on coral reef health. That’s the vision of two ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this image provided by NOAA Ocean Exploration, an alfonsino fish swims above a thicket of Lophelia pertusa coral during a dive ...