Viewed from the boat, the mighty elkhorn corals shimmer through the clear water, their tips grazing the surface and seeming ...

Officials in Manila denied on Monday that China had taken over Sandy Cay or that a Philippine mission on Sunday to Sandy Cay – a reef over which sand has accumulated – was interfered with by ...

The coral reefs off Tortuga Island in the Gulf ... the initiative is rebuilding reefs that can withstand environmental stressors. The collaboration with Bay Island Cruises has also facilitated ...

Harmful bleaching of the world’s coral has grown to include 84 percent of the ocean’s reefs in the most intense event of its kind in recorded history, the International Coral Reef Initiative ...

There do not appear to be any signs that China has permanently occupied or built a structure on the reef, which is a group of small sandbanks in the Spratly Islands (Nansha Islands, 南沙群島). Beijing and ...

Frequent and illegal human activities by the Philippines have caused damage to the coral reef ecosystems around Tiexian Reef of the South China Sea, said a report released by the Ministry of ...

The competing claims are reigniting tensions in the South China Sea and coincide with joint military drills between the U.S.

The Philippines on Monday slammed an "irresponsible" Chinese state media report claiming a disputed reef in the South China ...

As a marine scientist, I am particularly concerned about the future of U.S. coral reefs when science and management budgets are cut even as sustained funding is desparately needed, now more than ...

MANILA, Philippines – Malacañang on Monday debunked China's claims that it "seized" Sandy Cay, one of the disputed reefs in the South China Sea. In a briefing, Presidential Communications Office (PCO) ...