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

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

“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: ...

Understanding how far Great Barrier Reef corals are from their parents could be key to identifying and protecting at-risk ...

The Florida Aquarium's Coral Conservation Program has worked for last several years to aid the coral crisis impacting the dying Florida Reef Tract.

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 ...

If he succeeds at breeding them, he’ll need to secure more state and federal permits to plant them on Florida’s reef. Baker hopes to have the coral spawn in July or August, when Florida coral ...

Peering over the edge of research vessel Coral Reef II as it sailed through the Florida Keys, Shedd Aquarium postdoctoral fellow Shayle Matsuda saw white. Matsuda and a group of researchers from th… ...

Dying coral. Snorkeling the coral reefs off the Florida Keys in the 1960s and 1970s was like swimming through a kaleidoscope, with colorful algae living among roughly 30 coral species covering the ...

Ridged cactus coral at the Florida Aquarium reproduced in an artificial setting, offering hope that scientists may be able to rescue areas of the reef that have been hit hard by the disease.

ATLANTA — For more than a month, the Georgia Aquarium has been taking care of coral from The Florida Aquarium. The coral was moved in October for safekeeping as Hurricane Milton headed toward Tampa.

Since then, the coral have been doing really well.The rescue center's goal is to save coral from the Florida reef track and help them reproduce. Coral is a living organism that's critical to our ...