The Komodo Islands in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, reveal a vibrant underwater landscape filled with colorful coral formations and diverse marine life. Beneath the clear tropical waters, large ...

An international research team led by the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) with the participation of the Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) in Bremen has taken a close ...

What makes a coral or rocky reef appear beautiful? A recent University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa study found that beauty is strongly linked to both the number of species and the presence of especially ...

A scuba diving trip in Cozumel explores the Mesoamerican Reef through wall dives, drift dives, swim-throughs, and a night ...

Hawai‘i’s reefs are facing a major threat. Since 2017, an Earthjustice legal victory has protected them from commercial aquarium collection. Now, Hawai‘i regulators are bowing to industry pressure to ...

Snorkeling Australia’s Great Barrier Reef brought me face-to-face with giant clams, colorful coral gardens, clownfish, and a famously friendly Māori wrasse. Sarah Bruning is the special projects and ...

Why does a Caribbean angelfish sometimes resemble its Indo-Pacific cousin, even though they have never lived in the same ocean? Why do coral reefs harbor such a wide range of stripes, spots and ...

SAGINAW, Mich. (WNEM) - Most reefs are associated with tropical waters and colorful fish, not the Great Lakes, but the Saginaw Bay was once the home of many rock reefs. Created by glacial activity, ...

If you've already checked off some of the best bucket-list beaches across the Caribbean, it might be time to look just beyond the shoreline. The Caribbean is home to some of the world's most ...

Ever since that pivotal afternoon in the Ionian Sea, several ‘stamps’ have been added to my snorkeling passport. An octopus sighting in Lānaʻi, a private island beach with barracudas in the US Virgin ...