Swim among eagle rays, turtles, and a rainbow of corals at one of the Florida Keys' most breathtaking snorkeling destinations, perfect for all levels.

Before jumping in and exploring the beautiful world underneath the water, you need to know the best snorkeling practices to protect both the reef and yourself.

There are no traffic lights, no high-rises, no beaches, and no crowds on tiny Saba. Instead, you’ll find misty mountains, ...

These are rough, tough reefs,” said Andrew Baker, a Rosenstiel coral biologist leading the research. “There are enormous stands of elkhorn corals and great coverage of other corals.

These are rough, tough reefs,” said Andrew Baker, a Rosenstiel coral biologist leading the research. “There are enormous stands of elkhorn corals and great coverage of other corals.

When it comes to snorkeling, John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park in Key Largo is my go-to. As the first underwater park ever in the United States, it’s like diving into a marine wonderland. The ...

Without healthy coral reefs, the islands wouldn’t even exist. “If you go to a local island, you’ll see a lot of the houses are built very close to the ocean, right next to the beach,” said ...

In the 18 years I’ve studied reefs in the Florida Keys and the Caribbean, coral populations have continued to decline such that they can no longer recover naturally; I worry that even those few ...

Reefs in Florida and the Caribbean struggled for years with pollution and rising temperatures. Then stony coral tissue loss disease arrived in 2014, decimating corals in a deadly wave along ...

As the world’s coral reefs suffer a fourth global bleaching event, heat stress in the Caribbean is accumulating even earlier than it did in 2023, the previous record year for the region ...