From mangrove nurseries to manta ray protection, these 6 hotels invite guests to help protect the local land and animals.

Cairns is known as the “gateway to the Great Barrier Reef” due to its proximity to the Coral Sea. When combined with recently launched service from Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, the travel time to visit ...

one of the resort’s most dazzling features lies just offshore — a thriving house reef bursting with kaleidoscopic marine life (Fiji is home to more than 1,200 varieties of tropical fish ...

At a lively reef where fishing is banned, corals thrive, and fish eat seaweed that would otherwise vastly outcompete and endanger the corals. Fisheries regulations appear to protect reefs and may ...

DESCRIPTION: Humphead wrasse are enormous reef fish, having been measured as long as seven feet and weighing up to 420 pounds. The wrasse has thick, full lips and a forehead hump that becomes more ...

Snorkeling through two worlds right next to each other: Coral life is vibrant inside "marine protected areas" (MPA) at a reef off of the Fiji Islands and nearly decimated in overfished areas ...