Derek Manzello, coordinator of NOAA’s Coral Reef Watch Program ... than-usual sea surface temperatures and tend to exacerbate background warming from climate change. The last global coral ...

With too few tritons on the reef, crown-of-thorns starfish populations can explode, jeopardizing the living coral that makes ... the green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) sacrificed speed in favor ...

Now scientists fear this summer's unprecedented heat could deal a potentially fatal blow to the remaining coral – sparsely populated along the patchy reef that stretches from the Florida Keys ...

But tourism can replace fishing in the economy, helping preserve coral reefs ... with a green sea turtle in the Apo Island sanctuary. After the area was protected, the reef rebounded and is ...

Coral reef in the Maldives. Corals spawn on just a few nights a year, releasing billions of eggs and sperm into the ocean. The resulting larvae settle on a reef and grow to become baby coral.

The United Nations has issued an urgent call for increased funding to protect coral reefs ... shows a green turtle feeding on sea grass at Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef, located 270 ...

The turtle was spotted injured, struggling to swim, near Alligator Reef off Islamorada in the Florida Keys in mid-March by underwater photographer Mike Papish. “I saw he had a badly damaged ...