In a race against time, scientists are exploring new ways to restore natural systems. Alongside traditional methods such as planting trees, reducing pollution and reintroducing native species, a ...

Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammock Botanical State Park and John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park will host the annual Native Plant Day from 9 a.m. to noon ...

Coral reefs are the most diverse of all marine ecosystems. They teem with life, with about one-quarter of all ocean species depending on reefs for food and shelter at some point in their lifecycle.

Coral reefs are both beautiful and utterly vital to the ocean ecosystem and the local environment. They provide homes, food and breeding sites for millions of marine plants and animals, including the ...

APOLLO BEACH, Fla. — For the first time, coral from outside of Florida was allowed to be planted in state waters. This happened in early July 2025 with help from the University of Miami, Tela Marine ...

A city under the sea -- What is a coral? -- Reef builders -- How coral reefs form -- Where coral reefs grow -- Kinds of coral reefs -- Plants and coral reefs -- Coral reef feeders -- Coral reef ...

"Today, we planted coral, thanks to the participants, and by the grace of God, first of all, we planted corals here. As Mr. Aref mentioned, the area has been rehabilitated, and once it was ...

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 ...

A program in the United Arab Emirates is growing corals native to the Persian Gulf that have evolved to withstand high temperatures. By Jenny Gross Reporting from Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the United ...

Unprecedented ocean temperatures are triggering mass coral bleaching events across the world. This year, the world’s third-largest barrier reef, in Florida, is already being hit hard. New research by ...

Australia is doing absolutely everything to protect its most iconic ecosystem — except, perhaps, the one thing that really ...

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 ...