The REEFLINE project is transforming Miami's fragile marine ecosystem through large-scale, coral-infused sculptures designed ...

For many, diving in a coral reef is a life-changing experience, and these destinations are sure to provide an otherwordly ...

On a recent Sunday, a group of volunteers set off into Oyster Bay Harbor on a 26-foot vessel loaded with a few dozen oyster-filled cages. The oysters were tiny at the start of the summer — smaller ...

SAN ANDRÉS, Colombia — Nearly 50 years after she first put on a wetsuit, Elvira Alvarado still remembers coming upon a coral reef off Colombia's Caribbean coast. "Everything was alive. And it was ...

A Grade 10 student in Burlington, Ont., hopes his award-winning invention of a bionic turtle will help make underwater ecosystems safer and cleaner. Evan Budz develop the autonomous bionic sea turtle ...

.Lee County has the distinction of being the home of the first Veterans Memorial Reef dedicated to all U.S. veterans using a military ship. On July 2, 2012, the USS Mohawk was towed from Fort Myers ...

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New research investigating whether nitrogen fertilizer run-off affects marine sponges suggests these animals have a high tolerance to nitrogen, but some species may be better able to cope than others.