ATLANTA - Corals in Florida are dying in record numbers due to historically high water temperatures off the Florida Keys. The Georgia Aquarium is part of a select group working to save and restore the ...

New research reports the functional extinction of Acropora corals from Florida's Coral Reef. Scientists have documented ...

The Florida Aquarium celebrated Earth Day this year by announcing a history-making accomplishment that could help save the United States' only living coral barrier reef from extinction. For the first ...

In a grim study, a team of nearly 50 researchers concludes that extreme ocean heat killed off two crucial coral species that ...

Thanks to the Lakeland Foundation’s Faculty Challenge Grant program, Lakeland Community College recently installed a coral reef aquarium on its campus for biology, geology and chemistry students to ...

According to a study published in the journal Science, climate change has rendered elkhorn and staghorn coral "functionally ...

APOLLO BEACH, Fla. — Biologists from The Florida Aquarium are spawning thousands of coral to help rebuild the state's coral reef. Funding from the state's Department of Environmental Protection is ...

Elkhorn and staghorn coral are now functionally extinct around the state, researchers say, meaning they no longer play any ...

A record 2023 heat wave all but eradicated two species of coral that historically served as the backbone of Florida's reefs, ...

Recent record-breaking ocean temperatures have killed off so many elkhorn and staghorn corals, they are on the verge of ...