Researchers said the rare species “abruptly disappeared” from the region following an El Niño event. Now it is thriving.

A new study led by UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography may pave way for lab-based production of rare corals that fight cancer.

Discover some of the world's rarest snakes. The St. Lucia Racer, Antiguan racer, and Albany adder face critical endangerment.

The Oculina Bank coral reef, found nowhere else in the world, is thousands of years old and habitat for species of grouper ...

The Oculina Bank, named after the slow-growing ivory tree coral Oculina varicosa, is a narrow strip of coral reef that runs from Flagler Beach to Fort Pierce. The reef is thousands of years old ...

But coral restoration is just one part of what happens at the UOG Marine Lab. Saving rare coral species, leading research expeditions to remote Micronesian atolls, conducting genetic research that ...

They live in the ocean’s coldest, darkest depths, far from sight — but cold-water corals are far from safe. In a first-of-its ...

Researchers studying a coral disease that has devastated reefs across the Caribbean say they’ve come up with a promising ...

A caribou in the Nunavut community of Coral Harbour tested positive for rabies in early April. At the time, Nunavut’s ...

17 best scuba diving sites in the world, from Indonesia to Costa Rica. Here, you'll find rare species, coral reefs, shipwrecks, and more.

Florida coral reef: Will fishing council let rock shrimp nets drag the rare Oculina Bank? The Oculina Bank coral reef, found nowhere else in the world, is thousands of years old and habitat for ...

A QUT researcher has observed a rare ocean phenomenon off the coast of Timor-Leste revealing a surprising ally in the fight for coral reef survival: giant, gelatinous plankton known as pyrosomes.