coral bleaching

Australian scientists confirm the mass bleaching, yet are hopeful the world's largest coral reef ecosystem can recover.

In a paper published Wednesday, scientists from the University of Miami Rosenstiel School and Chicago's Shedd Aquarium explained how, for the first time, they located hardier heat-tolerant coral on Florida's reef.

Hotter oceans are putting coral reefs in peril worldwide. Scientists are warning that to save them, heat-trapping emissions must fall, and reefs will need more protection and restoration.

A team of scientists looking for coral that can better survive global warming have identified a hardier Caribbean coral in the Bahamas.The mountainous…

Scientists investigating a devastating new coral disease infecting reefs from Florida to and throughout the Caribbean may be zeroing in on a culprit…

The Florida Senate is poised to approve legislation aimed at preventing local governments from banning the sale of certain types of sunscreen,…

All of the Florida Keys reef is under thermal stress — meaning the water is warm enough that corals may start bleaching.Corals bleach when they expel the…

Florida's coral reefs are in trouble. Scientists say they've been declining for decades. But researchers have very recently come up with some exciting...

The odds are stacked against Florida’s coral reefs.A mysterious disease is devastating them. So is climate change, which warms and acidifies ocean waters.…

In a gravel parking lot on Virginia Key crowded with shade tanks used for raising fish, coral researchers have a new project underway: a Noah's Ark for…

Divers were busy in early April transplanting coral grown in the Tampa Bay area to stressed-out reefs in South Florida and The Florida Keys. This…

Time is running out to save the world’s coral reefs from irreversible damage, according to numerous studies. Scientists, engineers and environmentalists…