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Scientists Play Matchmaker for Beloved Sea Snails in the Florida Keys
To boost the iconic queen conch's population, researchers are relocating the heat-stressed creatures to cooler, deeper waters ...
Coral Catastrophe: Brutal Heat Puts Florida’s Reefs on the Edge
After a brutally hot summer in 2023 that caused widespread bleaching and coral death, summer 2024 was more favorable for the ...
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Iconic Reefs program aims to save our seas
Corals are dying. Fish stocks are depleted. Yet, the Florida Keys depends on them as large parts of its economic engine.
IVF-like breeding helps corals conceive hardy babies for rebuilding reefs, study finds
Left to nature, coral’s mating prospects are somewhat restricted by their inability to walk, fly or swipe Tinder to find a mate.
300 sea corals brought from Florida to Texas as part of effort to save the species
Scientists have moved about about 300 endangered sea corals from South Florida to the Texas Gulf Coast for research and restoration.
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Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission takes up dispute with Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
Former Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Chair and Florida Keys developer Robert Spottswood urged the FWC board to not approve an overhaul of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary ...
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New artificial reef projects are underway in the Florida Keys
Jessica McCawley is the FWC Director of Marine Fisheries Management. She says the Monroe County program is working to create a network of sites in the Gulf.
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South Florida sends 300 critically endangered corals to Texas in effort to save reefs
Scientists sent hundreds of critically endangered corals from South Florida to the Texas Gulf Coast on Wednesday in a ...
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Scientists Play Matchmaker for Beloved Sea Snails in the Florida Keys
The Florida Keys, and South Florida in general ... Delgado’s main goals are to increase the health of Florida’s coral reef and bring the conch numbers back up. As he puts it, per the Miami ...