Once a government declares a marine protected area, you usually can’t live in it, fish, build a beach resort, start a fish farm or drill for oil in it. The rules vary from place to place, but the idea ...

"The Caribbean last year was just unreal, and nobody expected things to get that hot that fast." Scientists race to grapple ...

On an expedition to the Solomon Islands, divers affiliated with National Geographic have found the world’s largest single ...

Explore the discovery of a massive coral in the Solomon Islands, visible from space and teeming with marine life ...

On Thursday, as a National Geographic expedition was exploring the waters around the Solomon Islands, its members spotted ...

After the treaty was adopted last year by the United Nations, more than 100 countries have signified their intent to ratify ...

The gigantic standalone coral is about 600 feet in circumference and has grown uninterrupted for three centuries, according ...

I went diving in a place where the map said there was a shipwreck and then I saw something,” said the cinematographer who made the stunning discovery.

On a guided eco-tour with Marathon Kayak, parents and children alike will learn how to maneuver kayaks through tidal channels, lagoons, and red mangroves. The two- to three-hour excursions are ...

For centuries, an extraordinary coral lay hidden beneath the Pacific Ocean’s surface near the Solomon Islands, growing ...

The world's biggest coral — an organism made up of about a billion polyps — is about three times bigger than the previous record-holder and was discovered by chance during an expedition off the ...