Florida’s devastated coral reefs can’t seem to catch a break. The marine heat wave of 2023, combined with an epidemic of ...

Florida’s devastated coral reefs can’t seem to catch a break. The marine heat wave of 2023, combined with an epidemic of stony coral tissue loss disease, killed much of the hard corals, but now ...

A groundbreaking study of 7,000-year-old exposed coral reef fossils reveals how human fishing has transformed Caribbean reef ...

Scientists have successfully spawned a cross-bred coral and plan on planting them just off Biscayne Bay in Miami.

In Hollywood Beach, you can take a selfie with a mermaid, help restore coral reefs, and snorkel an underwater museum—all in a ...

Florida coral reef: Will fishing council let rock shrimp nets drag the rare Oculina Bank? The Oculina Bank coral reef, found nowhere else in the world, is thousands of years old and habitat for ...

The Oculina Bank coral reef, found nowhere else in the world, is thousands of years old and habitat for species of grouper and snapper. News Sports Counties Business Music Advertise Obituaries ...

A study published in the journal Coral Reefs reveals that heat-tolerant symbiotic algae may be essential to saving elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata)—a foundational species in Caribbean reef ...

APOLLO BEACH — In the race to save Florida’s coral reef from extinction, hope comes in many shapes and sizes. At The Florida Aquarium’s coral breeding lab, it looks like hundreds of knobby ...

More than 1,000 baby corals arrive in Florida Keys to help restore reefs The corals will be planted on the reef or nurtured in ocean-based nurseries, the Florida Aquarium said, until they're ready ...

DENVER — Two weeks ago, a Southwest flight landed in Denver with special cargo. In it, 30 colonies of coral from 10 different species rescued off the coast of Florida where a disease is ...

“Florida is the only U.S. state in the lower 48 that has coral reefs, and we actually have the third largest barrier reef system in the world.” Key statistics highlight their global significance: ...