Scientists first acclimated the babies to saltwater tanks before handing over 300 corals each to organizations on the ...

This story was originally produced by WLRN, South Florida's only public radio station at 91.3 FM, as part of a content ...

Why it matters: The seven elkhorn colonies, now at The Florida Aquarium's Coral Conservation and Research Center, may be the key to saving Florida's reefs from ... reef in Tela Bay off the ...

Harmful bleaching of the world's coral has grown to include 84% of the ocean's reefs in the most intense event of its kind in recorded history, the International Coral Reef Initiative announced ...

In the Tampa Bay area, The Florida Aquarium created a new Coral Conservation and Research ... that aims to reduce environmental damage to reefs. The aquarium also helped rescue 5,000 corals ...

South of Tampa Bay, in Florida ... And at this particular moment, coral reefs in the Caribbean need all the urchins they can get. “They’re very simple animals, but they’re very effective ...

SARASOTA COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — Two years ago, there was an unprecedented coral bleaching event that happened in Florida waters. Mote Marine Laboratory was fast to respond, saving some that were ...

announced that bleaching-level heat stress has impacted more than 80% of the world's coral reefs in the fourth global coral bleaching event. Coral bleaching is when environmental stressors cause ...

That is the hope. Our partners at the University of Miami and Dr. Andrew Baker's lab were able to import some fragments of Elkhorn coral from a very warm coastal bay called Tela Bay in Honduras.

Finding more heat-resistant coral species could be the key to staving off their extinction as ocean temperatures are expected ...