New research shows coral reef food webs are more isolated and fragile than expected, with key fish species tied to narrow ...

The keys are home to part of the Florida Reef system, the third largest reef in the world. But the reef is sick, and the tourists that bring this place to life might be part of the problem.

NOAA Finds Mass Coral Death in Florida Keys Following Marine Heat Wave Researchers visited iconic reefs in the Florida Keys and found only 22 percent of the surveyed elkhorn coral remained alive.

A study led by Associate Professor Kelton McMahon at University of Rhode Island's Graduate School of Oceanography has found that food webs on tropical reefs are more fragile than we once thought.

Visitors seemed thrilled to see Santa at the marine ecological attraction in Marathon in the Middle Keys, where people can snorkel and dive in the facility's 200,000-gallon Coral Reef tank.

Cheeca Rocks, one of the Keys’ healthiest reefs. is serving as a living — or dying — laboratory as researchers study the damage the record-hot summer of 2023 did to the coral.

Divers cement coral fragments from a coral nursery into the reef Aug. 4, 2023, near Key Biscayne, Fla. Researchers said the coral bleaching last summer was the worst in state history.

A little more than an hour south of Miami, travel through Everglades National Park on U.S. Highway 1 to the island of Key Largo, where you'll experience a nature park beneath your feet. John Pennekamp ...

Florida reefs got a reprieve from steamy water this summer, but will it last? WLRN Public Media | By Jenny Staletovich Published July 8, 2024 at 7:25 PM EDT Listen • 1:21 ...