The U.S. Army Corps plans a massive dredging project at Port Everglades, threatening 10 million corals with permanent ...

MIAMI — A year after the worst bleaching event ever recorded, the coral reefs off the Florida coast are slowly recovering. Despite elevated ocean temperatures, scientists say this summer they didn’t ...

In a lab at the University of Miami, there are tanks of knobby, tan-colored corals from Florida, Honduras and the Cayman Islands. They've been drafted into a sort of coral Olympics, as scientists look ...

Important marine research is underway in Apollo Beach as researchers work to better understand the relationship between coral reefs and sea urchins—two species critical to the health of Florida’s ...

APOLLO BEACH, Fla. — Biologists from The Florida Aquarium are spawning thousands of coral to help rebuild the state's coral reef. Funding from the state's Department of Environmental Protection is ...

MIAMI – It is no secret that Florida’s iconic coral reefs are in trouble. Repeated body blows from hurricanes, pollution, disease, climate change – and a near-knockout punch from a 2023 marine heat ...

In early June 2023, the coral reefs in the lower Florida Keys and the Dry Tortugas were stunning. We were in diving gear, checking up on hundreds of corals we had transplanted as part of our ...

The fate of one of the last thriving coral reefs in Florida may be imperiled by plans to widen the shipping channel leading ...

A record-setting marine heat wave stripped huge portions of Florida's coral reef of their colors in 2023, triggering the ninth and worst mass bleaching event in the Caribbean. Temperatures soared for ...

Divers with the Coral Restoration Foundation swim over bleached staghorn outplants at Horseshoe Reef in the Florida Keys in August 3, 2023. A year after the worst bleaching event ever recorded, the ...