By Liz Kimbrough A transparent goby fish drifted through the darkness, its skeleton visible through paper-thin skin. Nearby, ...

This secretive native of both sides of the Caribbean—from Belize to the British Virgin Islands—hides out on ledges and in caves of reefs up to 140 feet below the surface of the sea. Although not being ...

Coral reefs are the most diverse of all marine ecosystems. They teem with life, with about one-quarter of all ocean species depending on reefs for food and shelter at some point in their lifecycle.

Elkhorn and staghorn corals used to carpet Florida’s reef system, rising like antlers from the seabed — but not anymore. These crucial coral species are now “functionally extinct” in the region after ...

THAT WATER TEMPERATURES IN SOUTH FLORIDA SHOCKED THE WORLD THERMOMETERS ON BUOYS OFF OUR COAST MEASURING WATER TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 90S EVEN THE LOW ONE HUNDREDS. NOW FEARS GREW IN THE SCIENTIFIC ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – Simulated moonlight. Perfect temperatures. A hum of bubbling saltwater. A team of marine biologists had done everything they could to set the stage for something akin to a romantic ...

The researchers found that coral reefs across the world could raise sustainable fish production by almost 50 percent. This increase could provide between 20,000 and 162 million extra fish servings per ...

This article is republished from The Conversation. Armed with scrub brushes, young scuba divers took to the waters of Florida’s Alligator Reef in late July to try to help corals struggling to survive ...

A new study of coral reefs in Papua New Guinea shows ocean acidification simplifies coral structure, making crucial habitat less appealing to certain fish species. While much media attention has ...

CARE OF ANIMALS FROM THE TOPS OF THE TREES TO THE OCEAN FLOOR. DID YOU KNOW THAT FAILING TO TAKE CARE OF THE ANIMALS COULD IMPACT OUR PHYSICAL HEALTH? FIRST WARNING, METEOROLOGIST GLENN GLAZER IS HERE ...