Coral Catastrophe: Brutal Heat Puts Florida’s Reefs on the Edge
After a brutally hot summer in 2023 that caused widespread bleaching and coral death, summer 2024 was more favorable for the ...
Divers remove 31,773 venomous fish from Florida's reefs in record-breaking challenge
Armed with spears and nets, a team of determined divers took the plunge into Florida's pristine waters on a mission of ...
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South Florida sends 300 critically endangered corals to Texas in effort to save reefs
Scientists sent hundreds of critically endangered corals from South Florida to the Texas Gulf Coast on Wednesday in a ...
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Florida’s coral reefs are still ailing but doing better
A year after the worst coral bleaching ever recorded, Florida's reefs are slowly recovering. Despite elevated ocean ...
Rare Florida fossil finally ends debate about how porcupine jaws and tails evolved
Modern North American porcupines are at least twice the size of their southern cousins and have stronger jaws. But how long ...
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'We have a serious problem': Are mahi fleeing Florida to beat the heat?
Marine biologists looking at the shrinking mahi population in Florida, and its apparent movement away from the tropics, ...
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50 Cool and Unusual Animals to See Before You Die
Scientists have estimated that there are 8.7 million animal species on Earth ... You can find parrotfish in tropical reef environments, where they use their external teeth — which look like a beak — ...