An aquatic adventure in the western Pacific island nation of Palau — home to over 300 islands — highlights the reward of ...

Gray reef sharks are having to abandon the coral reefs they call home in the face of warming oceans, new research finds.

It differs from a coral reef, which is a network of many coral colonies. The National Geographic scientists estimate the giant coral in Solomon Islands is made up of one billion coral polyps ...

Fish swim over a coral reef in the Florida Keys / NOAA Fisheries ... deep beneath the surface of the water. Recently, the National Geographic Pristine Seas team came across an incredible discovery ...

we find a massive coral made of nearly 1 billion little polyps, pulsing with life and color,” said Enric Sala, Marine Ecologist and Explorer in Residence for National Geographic and founder of ...