• ARKive is a multimedia guide to the world's endangered species, including videos, photos, and facts about coral reef organisms.

• The Caribbean Coral Reef Ecosystem Monitoring Project maintains a Coral Reef Ecosystem Assessment and Monitoring Database, which includes a photo browser that is searchable by location, date, and scientific classification.

• The Coral Reef Multimedia Project provides a collection of short educational documentaries and videos on coral reef topics.

• Hol Chan Marine Reserve in Belize has a photo index of common coral, fish, and mangrove species found in the reserve.

• The National Marine Sanctuaries Marine Life collection has a searchable media library of high-quality downloadable photos and videos.

• The Nature Conservancy has a picture gallery of coral reef images.

• NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program has a multimedia page that provides an extensive list of links to photo, video, and audio resources.

• The NOAA Photo Library has a collection of high-quality downloadable coral reef photographs.

• ReefBase has an extensive searchable photo gallery of images that can be downloaded with a free subscription.

• ReefED has an extensive searchable image library of photographs from the Great Barrier Reef.

• Reef Relief Founders provides an extensive image archive of photographs taken in Florida and the Caribbean.

• ReefVid provides hundreds of freely downloadable reef video clips for education and research purposes.

• Science and the Sea is a radio program produced by University of Texas at Austin that presents marine science topics in an engaging two-minute story format. The stories are available for listening or download on the website and through a podcast.

• Scubazooimages provides stock video and photographs of coral reefs for purchase.

• The Video Project produces educational videos about the environment, science, and social issues. Videos on coral reefs and oceans and coasts are available for purchase.

• WWF has a beautiful set of coral reef photographs from their Coral Triangle Photo Expedition. Some photos are available to download as computer desktop wallpaper.

Coral Reef Movies Available in Blu-ray

Coral Reef Adventure (IMAX) - A journey through the South Pacific featuring Jean-Michel Cousteau and others.

Equator: Reefs of Riches - Part of the "Equator" series. Reef video shot in Raja Ampat with narration describing coral reef ecology.

Visions of the Sea: Explorations - Reef video without narration, with footage from locations including Fiji, Bonaire, Honduras, and the Bahamas.

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