Volunteers and coral scientists from the Florida Aquarium and I.CARE (Islamorada Conservation and Restoration Education) came ...

Large pieces of brain coral are washing ashore on Texas beaches, likely due to storms or other underwater disturbances. Brain coral, a slow-growing hard coral, forms important reef habitats in the ...

Cailyn Joseph, a PhD student in Andrew Baker's lab, organizes brain and elkhorn coral in Honduras before the trip to Miami. MIAMI — Off the northern coast of Honduras, thick stands of endangered ...

ALLIGATOR REEF, off the Florida Keys — Three and a half miles off the Florida Keys, Kylie Smith kicked to the surface of the ocean, then looked back down through her scuba mask to confirm what she had ...

Capturing the first underwater color photographs was no mean feat and involved powerful explosives as well as hours and hours of waiting.

KEY LARGO - Divers with Reef Renewal, a Florida Keys-based coral restoration group, have begun moving small coral colonies from a successful shallow coral nursery located in the Florida Keys National ...

Dead coral sit on the ocean bed in the Straits of Florida near Key Largo, Florida, on September 23, 2021. These corals were not treated with the new probiotic technique, but are an example of what ...

Vulnerable, young corals in Florida's reef are being protected with biodegradable, 3D-printed cages in an effort to prevent lab-grown coral from being eaten by natural predators at sea. Keri O'Neil, ...