In the months leading to the 2024 Olympics, conservationists have raised alarms about the construction of a new judges' tower and its potential to harm local reefs. Here's how locals are mobilizing to protect it.

When wildfires tore through Maui in 2023, among the devastation was toxic ash that poured into the ocean. Now, scientists are studying its impact on marine life—and how to counteract it.

Coral conservation in the Bahamas and across the Caribbean region is in full swing after a warming event caused historic bleaching. Scientists and nonprofits rely on coral tree nurseries, gene banking and outplanting tiny coral fragments back onto the reefs to restore areas that have been decimated.

Since February 2023, record-high global sea surface temperatures have stressed corals, leading to a fourth global bleaching event. Fifty-four countries and territories spanning all ocean basins—Atlantic, Pacific and Indian—have reported severe coral bleaching.

Bleached corals are less likely to spawn, a huge cause for concern in Florida after a severe bleaching event recently. But after monitoring last year’s split-spawn activity, we discovered that there still may be hope for a recovery.

Within coral reefs exists an intimate marriage between land and sea. Learn more about how these reef ecosystems have shaped our planet—and why it’s important to protect them.

Ever wonder what it is like to help with coral conservation? Dive in with editor Kristin Paterakis as she rediscovers the importance of giving back to the underwater community--both corals and the next generation of ocean torchbearers.

Scuba divers love to share their favorite tips and tails from dive trips. This column highlights some of those. Science writer and author Juli Berwald was forever changed by a thriving reef in Tela, Honduras.

An unprecedented marine heat wave has triggered a catastrophic mass-bleaching event on the Florida Reef Tract. The Keys’ coral reef ecosystem is suffering intense, quick bleaching and/or dieoff of corals, sponges, anemones and other marine life.