“What we saw happen was an extreme heat wave where conditions surpassed the thresholds of survival of a whole, entire species ...

Two of Florida’s Acropora reef-building coral species had become functionally extinct across Florida’s coral reef.

New research reports the functional extinction of Acropora corals from Florida's Coral Reef. Scientists have documented ...

A record-breaking marine heat wave in 2023 left two ecologically vital coral species "functionally extinct" in Florida's ...

The marine heatwave that gripped Florida in 2023 was hotter than anything Florida has seen in 150 years, and claimed at least two victims — species of corals now marked ‘functionally extinct’ from ...

A 2023 marine heat wave laid waste to elkhorn and staghorn coral, which have thrived for centuries off Florida’s coast.

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. — 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 a reef off ...

Warming ocean waters have had a devastating impact on the coral reefs of the Sunshine State. Efforts are underway to save the third-largest barrier reef system in the world, including the use of ...

FILE: Researchers say to help elkhorn coral survive, they need to be placed in shallow ocean locations with fast currents. KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. — A team of scientists from the University of Miami, the ...

Miami — Marine scientists in Miami are hoping to restore Florida's coral reef by taking coral from Honduras and crossbreeding it. "It's the first time ever in the world that an international cross of ...

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 a reef off Miami's coastline that ...