In this image provide by NOAA, a fish swims near coral showing signs of bleaching at Cheeca Rocks off the coast of Islamorada, Fla., on July 23, 2023. Reef scientists say coral reefs around the ...

In this image provided by NOAA, a fish swims near coral showing signs of bleaching at Cheeca Rocks off the coast of Islamorada on July 23. Scientists have seen devastating effects from prolonged ...

A massive coral restoration effort —the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Mission: Iconic Reef—has been underway since 2019 to restore the reef with transplanted corals ...

Elkhorn coral fragments rescued from overheating ocean nurseries sit in cooler water at Keys Marine Laboratory. NOAAArmed with scrub brushes, young scuba divers took to the waters of Florida’s ...

An urgent rescue operation is underway to save Florida coral species from extinction as a mass bleaching event and die-off from unprecedented water temperatures spreads across reefs in the the ...

After seeing firsthand the alarming rate at which the coral reefs were dying in the Florida Keys, Mike Goldberg co-founded I.CARE. The nonprofit is working to restore the reefs near Islamorada and ...

Global coral reef bleaching event is largest on record, report says 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 ...

Comparing coral life on the ocean floor in the Florida Keys from 1992 to 2023. 1992 shows what scientists considered about 20-30% stony coral cover, and 2023 shows a mostly dead reef with a few ...

The coral reefs off the shores of the Florida Keys should be vibrant and colorful this time of year. But scientists say they're seeing a very different picture.

A light shines in the lantern room of Alligator Reef Lighthouse Friday, Oct. 6, 2023, in the Florida Keys off Islamorada, Fla. Established in 1873, and named after a U.S. Navy schooner that ran ...