Penguins from the Florida Aquarium waddled their way to the state capitol this week to advocate for more funding for storm ...
The Florida Aquarium recently transferred 9,000 coral babies to The Reef Institute and Reef Renewal USA. The move was part of the Florida Coral Reef Restoration and Recovery (FCR3) Initiative. More ...
Sea urchins are the “lawnmowers of the reefs,” a University of Florida scientist says. They tirelessly chew down the algae that would otherwise smother coral and block the sunlight reefs rely on. When ...
Once a picturesque garden beneath the sea, some stretches of the Florida Coral Reef have now become graveyards. Unburied coral skeletons stand as haunting remnants of the catastrophic marine heat wave ...
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 ...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Some Florida Keys coral reefs are losing their color weeks earlier than normal this summer because of record-high water temperatures, meaning they are under stress and ...