A new survey of five Florida Keys' coral reefs shows extensive damage from a long-lasting and severe marine heat wave last year. Why it matters: Corals are havens for biodiversity, providing ...

After a brutally hot summer in 2023 that caused widespread bleaching and coral death, summer 2024 was more favorable for the ...

The move "acts as another layer of defense to safeguard" Florida's critically endangered corals from climate change, ...

NSU's marine science research facility serves as a coral reef nursery, where rescued corals are stored ... as well as the ...

A year after the worst coral bleaching ever recorded, Florida's reefs are slowly recovering. Despite elevated ocean ...

To boost the iconic queen conch's population, researchers are relocating the heat-stressed creatures to cooler, deeper waters ...

Scientists have moved about 300 endangered sea corals from Florida to the Texas Gulf Coast for research and restoration.

Corals are dying. Fish stocks are depleted. Yet, the Florida Keys depends on them as large parts of its economic engine.

A popular year-round vacation destination in the Sunshine State, the Florida Keys also attract visitors with world-class sport fishing and diving opportunities. The only living barrier coral reef ...

Left to nature, coral’s mating prospects are somewhat restricted by their inability to walk, fly or swipe Tinder to find a mate.