Here's how South Florida researchers are using boba straws to protect baby corals Scientists around the world have been working for years to address the decline of coral reef populations ...

Florida’s corals are in trouble. Whether from disease, pollution, increasing user pressures, heat-induced bleaching or other climate-related stressors, the near 360-mile stretch of coral reef is ...

Lionfish, which can grow over a foot in length and are native to the South Pacific and Indian oceans, have become an ecological menace in Florida because they voraciously eat smaller fish and have ...

Florida coral reef: Will fishing council let rock shrimp nets drag the rare Oculina Bank? The Oculina Bank coral reef, found nowhere else in the world, is thousands of years old and habitat for ...

Florida’s corals are in trouble. Whether from disease, pollution, increasing user pressures, heat-induced bleaching or other climate-related stressors, the near 360-mile stretch of coral reef is ...

The U.S. ornamental fish market was worth $1.68 billion in 2024, according to a report from Grand View Research—and $172 million in Florida alone. By 2030, that amount is estimated to rise to $2 ...

Florida's Coral Reef stretches from the Dry Tortugas to St. Lucie Outlet. It's also important to Florida. A large part of our fishing industry survives on fish that breed and grow in the coral reef.

During Coral Reef Awareness Week, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) marks 30 years of monitoring ...