MIAMI — Off the northern coast of Honduras, thick stands of endangered elkhorn coral have mysteriously defied warming oceans fueled by climate change to blanket the reef with healthy, cocoa-brown ...

By Ruth Kamnitzer Healthy reefs aren’t just about colorful fish — they also shield shorelines from intense tropical storms. If Florida’s reefs keep degrading, flooding during tropical storms could get ...

It’s no secret that Florida’s iconic coral reefs are in trouble. Repeated body blows from hurricanes, pollution, disease, climate change — and a near-knockout punch from a 2023 marine heat wave — has ...

MIAMI – It is no secret that Florida’s iconic coral reefs are in trouble. Repeated body blows from hurricanes, pollution, disease, climate change – and a near-knockout punch from a 2023 marine heat ...

The fate of one of the last thriving coral reefs in Florida may be imperiled by plans to widen the shipping channel leading ...

In a lab at the University of Miami, there are tanks of knobby, tan-colored corals from Florida, Honduras and the Cayman Islands. They've been drafted into a sort of coral Olympics, as scientists look ...

After a searing ocean heat wave in 2023, two of the most historically important coral species in Florida are functionally extinct from the state’s reef, scientists have found. Elkhorn and staghorn ...

Thousands of baby corals took a major step this week toward saving Florida's struggling reefs. Why it matters: They offer a glimmer of hope for a reef system that's shrunk by more than 90% due to ...

Florida has two species of lobsters. The spotted lobster, on the left, isn’t a regular commercial or recreational target like the Caribbean spiny lobster on the right. But new studies by the Florida ...

The word “extinct” still shocks the senses when applied to species that play such vital roles in our ecological and economic landscape. So when NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...