Floridians are not used to hearing the word “extinct” applied to species that play significant roles in the state’s ...

Florida’s coral reefs provide protection from hurricane storm surges—and experts estimate that losing key species in those ...

Crazy warm ocean temperatures continue to wreak havoc among coral reefs in Florida and the Caribbean this summer, bleaching and killing corals and spawning urgent rescue operations. “After the hottest ...

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 in ...

A marine heat wave is threatening Florida’s coral reefs. “We’ve never seen anything like this. Some are not even bleaching, they are going straight to dead,” said Scott Atwell, the communications and ...

This was a bad year for Florida’s coral reefs. Since the 1970s, reef cover in the Florida Keys has decreased by 90%. Those remaining reefs have been subjected to water temperatures higher than 100 ...

Since January 2023, the world’s coral reefs have faced an unprecedented crisis. More than 84% have suffered bleaching-level ...

When 69-year-old Mary Agnes Vodde-Hamilton died unexpectedly last year, her children weren't sure how she wanted to be interred. Her last Facebook post, though, told them exactly what she wanted. The ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — This is the face of climate change in the Florida Keys. Once colorful coral cities overflowing with marine life are transforming into ghost towns, or rather “ghost reefs,” ...