This isn’t just any aquarium—it’s the world’s most expensive coral reef nursery! From rare corals to cutting-edge equipment, ...

When most people plan to start their first ever saltwater and reef aquarium they have a notion that water parameters in a saltwater environment is a difficult topic. However, I believe this is just a ...

Thanks to the Lakeland Foundation’s Faculty Challenge Grant program, Lakeland Community College recently installed a coral reef aquarium on its campus for biology, geology and chemistry students to ...

The past three summers have been the worst on record for Florida's coral reefs. To try to restore them, scientists are ...

Marine biologists are developing means to efficiently breed saltwater aquarium fish, seahorses, plankton and invertebrates in captivity in order to preserve the biologically rich ecosystems of the ...

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 ...

Iconic Reefs (M:IR) provided critical context for a new research paper published in Science that reports the functional ...

Three marine scientists describe what they saw in the summer of 2023, when more than 95% of elkhorn and staghorn coral bleached and died in Florida’s coral reef.

On the reefs in the Florida Keys, plenty of snorkelers and scuba divers take in the sights, and others fish with spear guns for sport. But a small third group collects blue-legged hermit crabs, ...

Recent record-breaking ocean temperatures have killed off so many elkhorn and staghorn corals, they are on the verge of ...

A record 2023 heat wave all but eradicated two species of coral that historically served as the backbone of Florida's reefs, ...