The NOAA blueprint will expand the 3,800-square-mile sanctuary in the Florida Keys and implemented measures to protect its ...

SS United States is set to become the world's biggest artificial reef in Florida's Gulf. Southwest Florida has it's own ...

FOX 13's Kimberly Kuizon reports on scientists at Sarasota's Mote Marine Laboratory Coral Gene Bank who have achieved ...

The SS United States, a 1,000-foot vessel that shattered the transatlantic speed record in 1952, arrived early Monday in ...

The process of cleaning, transporting and sinking the vessel is expected to take at least one-and-a-half years ...

Jan. 10, 2025 — To help rare elkhorn corals survive in Florida waters, coral researchers should place them in shallow ocean locations with fast currents, scientists ... Coral Reef Nightlife ...

Mote’s International Coral Gene Bank, which started at the Elizabeth Moore International Center for Coral Reef Research and Restoration on Summerland Key in the Florida Keys, moved to Mote ...

Florida’s pet fish industry is booming, but many saltwater species in home aquariums are still taken from the wild.

Since the 1940s, more than 4,300 planned public artificial reefs have been placed in state and federal waters off Florida’s coast. The FWC Artificial Reef Program provides financial and ...

Over the course of four years, Miami native Michael Zimmer spent dozens of hours underwater filming a team of scientists as they meticulously removed samples of healthy corals from the reefs within ...