A happily married couple is hired to search the ocean floor for Columbus' hidden treasure and they think they're about to become rich beyond their wildest dreams. But upon realizing that their ...

The 'degraded reef framework' explains how the loss of live ... even though it is only 2 cm long. Its ... Aug. 7, 2024 — Estuaries in South Florida have experienced rapid warming over the ...

The satellite photograph on the right shows a much larger area, revealing the wake of destruction fanning out from either ... and marine reef species. Humanity's main impact on the extinction ...

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Listen for yourself and read on to discover the cause. Listen to an audio recording from Lady Elliot Island on the Great Barrier Reef (2.2MB) The ‘frying’ sound is produced by snapping shrimp ...

There is fierce rivalry for space, for food and for a partner, but the reef is also a place full of opportunity. For those that manage to establish themselves, there can be great rewards.

Between predator-prey and competitive relationships, it may seem that organisms are alone in the world, fighting to survive and reproduce. But many organisms have evolved cooperative strategies ...

Stretching over 2,300km (1,400 miles), the reef was designated a World Heritage site in 1981 for its "enormous scientific and intrinsic importance". But in recent years the reef has been ...

Australia's Great Barrier Reef has lost more than half of its corals since 1995 due to warmer seas driven by climate change, a study has found. Scientists found all types of corals had suffered a ...

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This story appears in the October 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. In the mangroves off the east coast of Central America, at the edge of the Mesoamerican Reef, the world is divided in ...

Many visitors say the Great Barrier Reef is best seen through a scuba mask, but it's no small feat to traverse the area's dive spots. When choosing which regions to explore, consider your skill ...