BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. (WFLA) — Some South Florida beaches closed over the weekend after officials discovered globs of tar washing ashore. The black substance was reported on beaches in Palm Beach and ...

As far as beach trips go, a Maldives vacation has it all—heavenly views, uncrowded beaches, a year-round tropical climate ...

“Although black-tip reef sharks are relatively common in public aquariums worldwide, successful matings and live-births are not, with only a handful of pups born each year,” Aquarium of Guam ...

T hink Jamie O’Brien ever gets bored getting barreled at Pipe? He is, after all, one of the most tubed, and still to this day ...

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Photos show the pools virtually empty with nothing but sand on show. Oceanographer Ruth Reef knows the spot well. Speaking to Yahoo News, Reef revealed some little-known insight about the spot and ...

Dubbed Sand-E, the beach cleaning robot was developed by 27 students from the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD). The team had wanted to come up with a solution to assist ...

with researchers observing the start of “colony collapse” where the dead skeleton detaches from the reef and turns to rubble. Another species, the Goniopora, became infected by black band ...

The research team meticulously tracked the health of 462 coral colonies at the University of Sydney's Great Barrier Reef research station ... Goniopora corals developed black band disease ...

Reef fish play a critical role in marine ecosystems, contributing to food security, controlling seaweed growth, and even producing sand for beaches. These functions provide vital benefits to both ...

Researchers warn that reef fish, which are crucial to marine ecosystems through their roles in food provision, seaweed control, and sand production, are undergoing notable changes. These developments ...