It's also important to Florida. A large part of our fishing industry survives on fish that breed and grow in the coral reef. "It also supports over 71,000 jobs and generates over $6.3 billion in ...

The Florida Aquarium delivered over a thousand corals, spawned and raised on-site, to the Florida Keys as part of an effort to restore the state's coral reef system. Why it matters: Warming ocean ...

A small team of divers perform regular health checkups of the Florida Coral Reef Track that hugs Palm Beach County’s coast. The tract is the third-largest barrier reef in the world, stretching ...

Coral bleaching isn’t just an ocean crisis. Here’s how the global event endangers food security, local jobs—and the land ...

The spiny lobster sport season, which ends July 31, is scheduled for the last consecutive Wednesday and Thursday of July each year.

Posted: June 30, 2025 | Last updated: June 30, 2025 Scientists have successfully spawned a cross-bred coral and plan on planting them just off Biscayne Bay in Miami.

DENVER — Two weeks ago, a Southwest flight landed in Denver with special cargo. In it, 30 colonies of coral from 10 different species rescued off the coast of Florida where a disease is ...

It stretches from the Dry Tortugas to St. Lucie Inlet. A recent study found that 70% of Florida’s coral reefs are experiencing a net loss of reef habitat.

While the coral reefs along Florida's coastline have seen a 90 percent decline in the past 40 years, there are still sections of healthy coral. Florida is home to the third-largest reef in the world.

They chose the reef off of Tela because the water is about 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) warmer than the water off the coast of Florida.

Mar-a-Lago is literally built on top of Florida’s Coral Reef, which stretches roughly 350 linear miles from the Florida Keys to the St. Lucie Inlet in Martin County.