Coral restoration practitioners and environmental enthusiasts recently marked the fifth anniversary of the Florida Keys ...

A Michigan man died in the hospital after losing consciousness while snorkeling off the Florida Keys Monday, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office. Dwaine David Anderson, 73, was swimming on ...

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) awarded $9.5 million for 10 projects focused on enhancing coral nursery infrastructure and expanding operations, furthering Florida’s efforts t ...

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Hi friends! Reef the fox here with your weekly “Reef’s Report.” Let’s get one thing straight: not even a 26,000-acre brush ...

Florida fishermen Alex Jeffries, Will Pauling and Russ Coon have recalled spotting the two missing teenage paddleboarders stranded on an oyster reef on Tuesday, March 18, and how they were 'real cold' ...

Named after John D. Pennekamp, a former newspaper editor for the Miami Herald and noted Everglades conservationist, John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park was developed in 1963 as the United States ...

The SS United States will soon be sunk off the coast of Destin-Fort Walton Beach, Florida to become an artificial reef after ...

Southwest Florida's Lee County coast is home to the first Veterans Memorial Reef, the USS Mohawk. The USS Mohawk was sunk in 2012 and became a temporary underwater art gallery in 2013. After ...

Mote’s International Coral Gene Bank, which started at the Elizabeth Moore International Center for Coral Reef Research and Restoration on Summerland Key in the Florida Keys, moved to Mote ...

Mar. 26, 2025 — Coral diseases, particularly in the Caribbean, have caused major declines in coral populations, especially affecting staghorn (Acropora cervicornis) and Elkhorn (A. palmata ...