Coral reefs are both beautiful and utterly vital to the ocean ecosystem and the local environment. They provide homes, food and breeding sites for millions of marine plants and animals, including ...

The city of Hollywood and the nonprofit Ocean Rescue Alliance International have teamed up to deploy a snorkel-friendly ...

Over the last half-century, the reefs have lost 95% of the coral ... in partnership with Disney and the Fish and Wildlife Foundation of Florida, opened this facility. The most recent threat ...

McCulley Marine Services in Fort Pierce closed in 2023 after owner and founder John "Boo" McCulley died in 2020.

The beautiful, intricate fish aren’t native to Florida, and they wreak havoc on the state’s reefs, including in Tampa Bay. But where did they come from? And what’s being done to stop them?

“The reefs provide the ecosystems that support fishing, diving, tourism, jobs,” Lewis said. “In that respect, the reef is very important to the economy of Florida.” The reefs also provide ...

They were first sighted in Florida waters in 1985. A single lionfish can devastate native fish along stretches of Atlantic reefs. Last year’s winner, Baye Beauford, 45, of Jacksonville ...

Florida's pet fish industry is booming ... Each fish has unique breeding needs, especially in terms of food. On reefs, marine fish thrive on live zooplankton, which are difficult to grow for ...

Some 285 divers removed 31,773 invasive lionfish from fragile coral reef ecosystems in the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean, according to a press release from the Florida Fish and Wildlife ...