Museum researchers reconstructed the evolutionary history of stony corals over the past 460 million years, providing insights ...

The animal kingdom employs camouflage for survival, allowing creatures to evade predators. Here's a look at these magnificent ...

Hundreds of non-native animal & plant species live in Florida. They prey on native critters & damage native ecosystems.

South Florida is home to the only barrier reef in the continental United States. But does it matter to people on land that the corals, like anywhere else in the world, are bleaching?

The Earth has entered a new climate reality: warm-water coral reefs are now widely recognized as the first environment on the planet to have passed a climate tipping point. The Global Tipping Points ...

RODRIGUEZ, WPBF 25 NEWS. WELL, YESTERDAY WE TOLD YOU HOW A MAJORITY OF THE PLANET’S CORAL REEFS HAVE BEEN DAMAGED BY GLOBAL WATER TEMPERATURES. SO HOW ARE OUR CORAL REEFS DOING ALONG THE TREASURE ...

Thanks to the dire condition of the Earth's coral reefs, the planet has now reached its first tipping point for human-caused climate change, according to a new report by scientists in Europe. The ...

The world's tropical coral reefs have almost certainly crossed a point of no return as oceans warm beyond a level most can survive, a major scientific report announced on Monday. It is the first time ...

Coral reefs are necessarily gorgeous in color and movement, but below the waves there is a similarly colorful world of sound. Underwater, there is a soundscape of snapping shrimp, grunting fish, and ...

Groupers come in a variety of appearances and sizes, with most growing to around two to four feet. Generally speaking, most groupers are larger in comparison to other reef-dwelling fish, making them ...

Coral reefs provide habitats rich in biodiversity and offer protection against flooding. Climate change threatens their existence if sea-level rise (SLR) outpaces the ability of coral reefs to grow ...

Most coral reefs will soon stop growing and may begin to erode—and almost all will do so if global warming hits 2°C, according to a new study in the western Atlantic. An international team, led by ...