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APOLLO BEACH, Fla. — The Florida Aquarium transferred out 9,000 juvenile corals to two restoration partners on Wednesday. It’s all part of Florida’s Coral Reef Restoration and Recovery Initiative, ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida reef gecko is now officially a protected species in the state. On Tuesday, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) gave final approval to designate ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists, nonprofits, the state of Florida and the federal government are all scrambling to rescue and rebuild the coral reef ...

MIAMI – It is no secret that Florida’s iconic coral reefs are in trouble. Repeated body blows from hurricanes, pollution, disease, climate change – and a near-knockout punch from a 2023 marine heat ...

The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council approved reopening the Oculina Bank coral reef. The Oculina Bank, named after the slow-growing ivory tree coral Oculina varicosa, is a narrow strip of ...

RUSKIN, Fla. (WFLA) — Coral reefs have been declining in the past couple of decades with warming waters and an increase in pollution. They are struggling to adapt to the changing environment, but Reef ...

A coral reef at Paradise Reef during a Rescue A Reef coral restoration dive out of Diver’s Paradise dive shop located at Crandon Marina in Key Biscayne, Florida, on Friday, August 4, 2023. Rosenstiel ...