Once the weather changes in Bermuda, going directly home after work suddenly doesn't sound like a good idea. The shift happens quickly. Beach chairs stay in car trunks. Group chats suddenly fill with ...

What if, rather than coral reef rehabilitation remaining a tedious and difficult manual process, conservationists could harness robotics, artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicles to transform ...

Scientists call for a major acceleration in coral assisted evolution research to help reefs cope with rapidly warming oceans. The study, published today (30 March), was led by Dr. Adriana Humanes, ...

United Airlines announced a brand new seat option for travelers that made napping and stretching out on a plane a whole lot easier. The upcoming Relax Row is a special set of three economy seats "that ...

Ritidian Point, at the northern tip of Guam, is home to an ancient limestone forest with panoramic vistas of warm Pacific waters. Stand here in early spring and you might just be lucky enough to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover global and domestic health care and conservation. Two years ago almost to the day, my wife Tracy and I found ourselves ...

A new study recently released found more than half the world's coral reefs are bleached because of ocean warming. Data from more than 15,000 reefs globally analyzed by a team of scientists over a ...

Some ancient fish in the Caribbean may have lost their lunch. Modern food chains on coral reefs off the coasts of the Dominican Republic and Panama are roughly 60 to 70 percent shorter than they were ...

Coral reefs are often described in scientific terms: ecosystems rich in biodiversity, natural storm barriers, and sources of food and income. Yet for many scientists, the path into reef research did ...

Benefits to society from coral reefs, including fisheries, tourism, coastal protection, pharmaceutical discovery and more, are estimated at about $9.8 trillion per year. For the first time, an ...

University of Guam researcher Dr. Laurie Raymundo conducting a health assessment of a bleached Acropora muricata thicket in Apra Harbor, Guam, October 2017. Credit: Dave Burdick Benefits to society ...

The extent of coral reefs worldwide has played a key role in Earth’s climate in the past 250 million years – but not in the way you might expect. Coral reefs are net producers of carbon dioxide ...