Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Coral reefs are both beautiful and utterly vital to the ocean ecosystem and the local environment. They provide homes, food and ...

Digging into the sand for a cause, beach volleyball players from around the Keys will gather Saturday at Higgs Beach for the ...

A new manmade hybrid reef being tested off Miami Beach aims to do what climate change has increasingly foiled: provide a powerful protector to storm surge and rising seas hammering Florida’s shores.

MIAMI — Just hundreds of feet from the beats and bustle of Ocean Drive is a veritable natural treasure that not many people, including scientists, know is there. Schools of tropical fish in all shapes ...

The coral researchers weren't sure what they would find in the deep blue brine off of Palm Beach County's coast. An early August dive to a reef named Playpen was the first of the year for the team ...

Tucked on a suburban barrier island and surrounded by development, this park is an oasis for local wildlife and the outdoor ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Let’s go to the beach — in Stuart, Hobe Sound and Jupiter Island. These are the best beaches in the area, either popular and ...

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 ...

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 ...

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — Our beloved coral reefs face serious threats. From disease to widespread bleaching driven by increasing ocean temperatures, scientists warn that without urgent ...

Coral reefs are both beautiful and utterly vital to the ocean ecosystem and the local environment. They provide homes, food and breeding sites for millions of marine plants and animals, including the ...