When marine scientist Ian Enochs jumped into the water at Cheeca Rocks, a small reef in the Florida Keys known for vibrantly colorful corals, what he saw shook him to the core. “Literally everything ...

Scientists hoping to provide a genetic lifeline to Florida’s ailing reef are removing hundreds of colonies of healthy coral off Miami, hoping to outpace a wave of lethal bleaching spreading from the ...

This year, he said, Cheeca Rocks experienced 100% bleaching, with not a single part of the reef left unaffected. “I have never ever seen anything to this extent at Cheeca Rocks,” he said. “We were ...

A Coral Restoration Foundation staff member counts and monitors coral fragments after returning them to the nursery on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023, off of the coast of Tavernier in the Florida Keys. These ...