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2026 Kelp Forest Monitoring Trainings Now Open! Register Today!

February 25, 2026

Reef Check’s Kelp Forest Monitoring training classes for 2026 are now open for registration! There are five opportunities in California, Oregon and Baja California for divers to get involved as…

Reef Check Coral Data Featured in Two Recent Publications

February 25, 2026

Earlier this month, Nature Communications published the article, “Severe and widespread coral reef damage during the 2014-2017 Global Coral Bleaching Event”. The paper relied on Reef Check’s coral reef data…

Children’s Book Benefits Reef Check Hawai’i

February 25, 2026

Reef Check Hawai’i’s first ever children’s book is now available through Barnes and Noble, with every purchase supporting Reef Check Hawai’i! Polly Polyp and the Curious Baby Shark is a…

Reef Check in Panamá Launches with Coordinator and Training Facility

February 25, 2026

Ankay Conservation, in Bocas del Toro, Panamá—on the Caribbean coast—has always been about turning real, on-the-water work into measurable reef protection. They combine hands-on conservation action with community collaboration and…

The 2025 Reef Check Malaysia Survey Results and What They Mean for Our Coral Reefs

February 25, 2026

Reef Check Malaysia’s 2025 survey report has been published and data from surveys at over 300 sites around the country last year show a continuing decline in reef health- 10%…

Join Reef Check Italia for “Methods in Tropical Reef Monitoring” at Bangka Island, Indonesia

February 25, 2026

From September 12-20, 2026 Reef Check Italia and Coral Eye will host an international field course on coral reef monitoring approaches open to both marine biology students and volunteer divers…