Around the world, coral reefs are under threat from rising ocean temperatures, deteriorating water conditions, and diseases like Stony Coral Tissue Loss (SCTLD). Since the 1970s, more than half of the ...

HOLLYWOOD BEACH, Fla. — Right now, our planet is in the grips of the most devastating mass coral bleaching event ever in recorded history, affecting a staggering 84% of the world’s coral reefs. Here ...

Walk into SeaWorld Florida’s Coral Rescue Center, and the first thing you notice is the light - a deep, oceanic blue that ...

A 2023 marine heat wave laid waste to elkhorn and staghorn coral, which have thrived for centuries off Florida’s coast. Elkhorn and staghorn coral have dominated the Caribbean’s coral reef systems for ...

A special sensor deployed by Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium will help coral scientists better evaluate ocean acidification and develop strategies to protect Florida’s coral reefs. The SeapHOx ...

A bacterial probiotic helped slow the spread of a deadly disease on great star coral, one of the largest and most resistant corals still surviving in the Florida Reef Tract, a 560-kilometer (350-mile) ...

Marine biologists have been struggling to save Florida’s corals as climate change and pollution have decimated reefs in recent decades. One solution just might come from a rough coral neighborhood in ...

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 ...

Hundreds of meters below the Atlantic’s surface, off the coast of the southeastern United States, sonar pulses bounced off ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Right now, Florida is under a dense blob of Saharan dust, making for hazy skies and itchy throats. This dust – and the associated dry air in the cloud layer – pretty much shut ...