Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. In case you missed it we’re spending this week revisiting some of our favorite episodes from the past year. Today we’re ...

Did you know that coral reefs are vital to the survival of our ecosystem? And did you also know that reefs can be found as deep as 8000 meters in the ocean? As deep as they are, those reefs are still ...

Below the ocean’s surface, there’s a vibrant ensemble of sounds — a chorus of vibrations, croaks, pops and crackles that come together to form the soundtrack of a healthy coral reef. It’s a symphony ...

How is the Great Barrier Reef off Australia faring? Mary Smith, via email. The Great Barrier Reef, one of the world’s most ...

The removal of sulphur from shipping fuels caused ‘a lot of extra sunlight’ to get through atmosphere and hit reef in 2022 ...

There were startling colors here just a year ago, a dazzling array of life beneath the waves. Now this Maldivian reef is dead, killed by the stress of rising ocean temperatures. What's left is a ...

Will 2026 be the year when coral reefs pass their tipping point?Samantha Garrard, Senior Marine Ecosystem Services Researcher ...

The Great Barrier Reef stretches for 1,429 miles just off Australia's northeastern coast. Auscape/Universal Images Group via Getty Image Tropical reefs might look like inanimate rock, but these ...