The ocean, blanketing over 70% of the Earth's surface, is estimated to be home to more than half of all life on our planet. With its vastness and mysterious depths, it's no wonder that exploring ...

(Reuters) - Along coastlines from Australia to Kenya to Mexico, many of the world's colorful coral reefs have turned a ghostly white in what scientists said on Monday amounted to the fourth global ...

Thriving reefs, colorful fish, mysterious shipwrecks, coral-crusted swim-through caves and an unlimited array of stunning underwater topography. With its year-round sun and excellent visibility, the ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Sunlit coral gardens, reef-fringed lagoons, and tropical waters clear enough to count the scales on a parrotfish are what the best snorkeling ...

The coral fragment from the seafloor off the coast of the resort Siyam World Maldives in the Noonu Atoll had a stark contrast. One inch of the coral’s light brown tips was bumpy with living polyps, ...

The Florida Keys boast some of the most spectacular underwater adventures in the United States, where crystal-clear waters and colorful reefs converge to create a snorkeler’s paradise. Whether you ...

Tropical rainforests and coral reefs are both highly complex ecosystems that are rich in biodiversity. Coral reefs are often described as underwater rainforests. -- Maui Ocean Center photo Tropical ...

Dive to places uninhabitable by humans and encounter regal whales and colorful reef life. Ocean Animals features the world’s most charismatic animals that inhabit a realm humans can only fleetingly ...

NEW YORK — More than four-fifths of the world's coral reef areas have been affected by devastating mass bleaching spurred by record-high ocean temperatures, turning many once-colorful reefs a ghostly ...

Ever since that pivotal afternoon in the Ionian Sea, several ‘stamps’ have been added to my snorkeling passport. An octopus sighting in Lānaʻi, a private island beach with barracudas in the US Virgin ...