It's no secret that Florida's iconic coral reefs are in trouble.

Around the world, coral reefs are under threat from rising ocean temperatures, deteriorating water conditions, and diseases ...

The Florida Aquarium is part of an initiative to restore 25% of Florida's Coral Reef. The aquarium's Coral Conservation and Research Center has grown about 9,000 coral babies over the last year. On ...

A November 2025 dive to Davis Reef delivered a promising sight for Florida Aquarium scientists working to restore the ecosystem after 2023’s devastating coral bleaching event.

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 ...

With support from a National Science Foundation Mid-Career Advancement Grant, Associate Professor of Geology Pedro Marenco is ...

Scientists warn that a proposed expansion of Port Everglades could damage corals, including some of the only remaining ...

The Florida Aquarium’s Coral Conservation and Research Center is one of Florida's top coral producers and has reached a milestone.

A new study co-led by the Center for Coastal Climate Resilience (CCCR) at UC Santa Cruz shows coral reef restoration in Florida and Puerto Rico could save thousands of lives and prevent hundreds of ...

The Florida Aquarium in Tampa is restoring reefs one polyp at a time.Aquarium workers transplanted 9,000 baby coral polyps born at<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council moves forward on reopening the Oculina Bank coral reef. The council will host public meetings before making a formal decision. The Oculina Bank, named ...

In a lab at the University of Miami, there are tanks of knobby, tan-colored corals from Florida, Honduras and the Cayman Islands. They've been drafted into a sort of coral Olympics, as scientists look ...