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 ...

Three of the best attractions in the country are right here in Florida, according to their TripAdvisor reviews. Here's what ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A team of scientists from the University of Miami, the Florida Aquarium and Tela Marine in Honduras is working together to transplant crossbred coral fragments onto ...