In 1972, off the coast of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, a project launched with genuine optimism and the full backing of the United States Army Corps of Engineers. The idea was to sink approximately two ...

The Florida Coastal Corridor is a collective of non-profits that helped install an artificial reef 14 miles off the Naples, ...

Inside the spawning mission racing to save Florida's elkhorn coral reef, as new global data reveals a 9.5% decline in coral ...

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 ...

Throughout the first week of August, 12 organizations came together in an unprecedented collaborative effort to protect the future of Florida's Coral Reef during one of nature's most elusive events: ...

A coral reef at Paradise Reef during a Rescue A Reef coral restoration dive out of Diver’s Paradise dive shop located at Crandon Marina in Key Biscayne, Florida, on Friday, August 4, 2023. Rosenstiel ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Dive shop owner Bill Cole leaned back in his captain’s chair, raised the volume on the Margaritaville radio station and watched six trails of bubbles trickle up through clear ...

After 10,000 years, they're now gone. Nearly all of Florida’s critically endangered Acropora coral colonies are now dead, after a record-breaking ocean heat wave in 2023. This marks the species’ ...

A record-setting marine heat wave stripped huge portions of Florida's coral reef of their colors in 2023, triggering the ninth and worst mass bleaching event in the Caribbean. Temperatures soared for ...

It's 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 wave—has ...