Elkhorn coral being grown in the Dry Tortugas since 2018 in an effort to save the population died during the August 2023 heat wave. The blistering summer heat wave that hammered South Florida’s coral ...

After last summer’s record-breaking ocean temperatures in South Florida, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) researchers have uncovered extensive coral damage at five of seven ...

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 into Port Everglades.

Florida’s coral reefs experienced the deadliest bleaching event in history last summer, a toll largely caused by record hot coastal waters. Now, water temperatures in the Florida Keys are already ...

Feb. 15 (UPI) --A team of researchers completed a scientific mission Wednesday to assess the damage from last year's record-high marine temperatures on restored coral reefs in the Florida Keys. The ...

The race to save the only barrier reef in the U.S. hit a major setback this summer when a heat wave turned the waters off the Florida Keys into a Jacuzzi. The Florida Reef Tract is used to weathering ...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Katey Lesneski, research coordinator for coral restoration at the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. She's been checking on restored corals, which struggled in 2023.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — 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 their ...

Ninety-five percent of Biscayne National Park is covered by water and only has one mile (1.61 kilometers) of land-based ...

FLORIDA KEYS, Fla. (WFLA) — A new biodegradable tool dubbed the “Coral Defender” was launched this week in an effort to safeguard newly outplanted corals in Florida’s waters. The “Coral Defender” is a ...

Dr. Phanor Montoya-Maya, center, lowers a tray of coral fragments into the hands of Coral Restoration Foundation staff member on Nov. 20, 2023, off of the coast of Tavernier in the Florida Keys. These ...