Scientists say they have found the world's largest coral near the Pacific's Solomon Islands, announcing Thursday a major ...

Corals are vital for the marine creatures that rely on them for food and shelter, but also for humans. They are an indirect ...

Red List assessments of cold-water corals, which are found in colder, deeper waters around the world and do not depend on ...

"Plankton are the lifeblood of the oceans, supporting the marine food web and carbon storage. If their existence is endangered, it will present an unprecedented threat, disrupting the whole marine ...

Exclusive photos reveal a sprawling, 300-year-old coral near Solomon Islands, recently discovered by the National Geographic ...

An endangered orca vanished from a dwindling whale pod off the Washington coast, a conservation group said. The missing ...

In 2008, the IUCN assessed 892 warm-water coral species and determined approximately one-third were at risk of extinction.

Rising temperatures are pushing many species to the brink, alongside disease, pollution and unsustainable fishing.

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Almost half of warm-water reef-building coral species are at risk of extinction, conservationists have warned after a global ...

Fossil fuel projects are putting the Pacific Coral Triangle’s unique marine ecosystem at risk, according to a new report presented Oct. 31 at the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity summit (COP 16 ...

The updated assessment of the IUCN's Red List of Threatened Species looked at reef-building corals, which live in warm ... or 23 out of 85 -- species of Atlantic coral is critically endangered, more ...