In a race against time, scientists are exploring new ways to restore natural systems. Alongside traditional methods such as planting trees, reducing pollution and reintroducing native species, a ...

The annual Native Plant Day returns to John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park in Key Largo on Saturday, Jan. 31. Nursery volunteers from Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammock will have an information booth ...

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.

Dagny Johnson Key Largo Hammock Botanical State Park and John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park will host the annual Native Plant Day from 9 a.m. to noon ...

APOLLO BEACH, Fla. — For the first time, coral from outside of Florida was allowed to be planted in state waters. This happened in early July 2025 with help from the University of Miami, Tela Marine ...

A city under the sea -- What is a coral? -- Reef builders -- How coral reefs form -- Where coral reefs grow -- Kinds of coral reefs -- Plants and coral reefs -- Coral reef feeders -- Coral reef ...

"Today, we planted coral, thanks to the participants, and by the grace of God, first of all, we planted corals here. As Mr. Aref mentioned, the area has been rehabilitated, and once it was ...

Do you know which is the largest coral reef in the world? Explore why the Great Barrier Reef holds this title, along with its ...

Australia is doing absolutely everything to protect its most iconic ecosystem — except, perhaps, the one thing that really ...

A program in the United Arab Emirates is growing corals native to the Persian Gulf that have evolved to withstand high temperatures. By Jenny Gross Reporting from Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the United ...

Unprecedented ocean temperatures are triggering mass coral bleaching events across the world. This year, the world’s third-largest barrier reef, in Florida, is already being hit hard. New research by ...

MIAMI — Off the northern coast of Honduras, thick stands of endangered elkhorn coral have mysteriously defied warming oceans fueled by climate change to blanket the reef with healthy, cocoa-brown ...