Two key coral reefs in Florida are “functionally extinct” following the 2023 heatwave, warns a new scientific study.

Florida’s iconic reef tract has not vanished in its entirety, but its architectural backbone has effectively collapsed. The ...

Elkhorn coral being grown in the Dry Tortugas since 2018 in an effort to save the population died during the August 2023 heat wave. The blistering summer heat wave that hammered South Florida’s coral ...

It’s a direct threat to human communities. Scientists issue dire warning about unique species off US coast: 'We're running out of time' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Earlier this month, researchers at the Florida Aquarium took the first steps toward restoring some of the coral off the Florida Keys that died during a record heat wave two years ago. They ...

Scientists are transplanting crossbred coral fragments onto a Miami reef, devastated by bleaching two years ago. This collaborative effort by the University of Miami, the Florida Aquarium, and ...

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 ...

In an underwater nursery just off the Dominican Republic coast, tiny corals born in a laboratory are slowly growing under the ...