Coral Reef Movies

For decades, coral reefs have been seriously threatened. Rising ocean temperatures, diseases such as tissue loss, mass tourism, destructive fishing...

Using nature shots with narration and a musical score, this documentary tells the story about the Moken, Myanmar's last sea nomads.

In recent decades, humans have lost 25 to 40 percent of the world's corals due to seawater temperature rise and ocean acidification. Dr David Vaughan...

Deep-sea diver/former propagandist Leni Riefenstahl explores the undersea world of coral reefs in various oceans around the world.

After a devastating coral bleaching event, Jamaican fishers, scientists and sanctuary wardens search for resilient coral to restore their reef. As...

Coral biologists are concerned about the genetic health of many endangered coral. This short film follows a team of Smithsonian scientists as they...

Belize is a tiny state that overlooks the Caribbean Sea just south of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. Lush nature and the coral reef second only to...

It's a living underwater environment you can virtually reach out and touch. Six spectacular tanks were designed and filled with more than 200...

Few biological wonders can rival those in Australia's Great Barrier Reef for spectacular beauty, and few filmmakers can rival National Geographic's...

The Bahamas is a state in Central America formed by a coral archipelago that includes 700 islands, many of which uninhabited. The term "Bahamas"...