Coral Conservation Program News Today

Iconic elkhorn and staghorn corals took the heaviest losses, and researchers say they are at risk of becoming “functionally extinct” in the Florida Reef.

Biologists, like Jessica Sandelli, are currently trying to prevent the loss of even more coral by moving them out of the ocean and into on-land tanks.

To combat the alarming decline of endangered coral species in the face of rising water temperatures, the Florida Aquarium in Tampa has been making substantial strides in coral conservation.

Florida scientists are scrambling to evacuate corals into a “coral halfway house” as ocean temperatures surge into triple digits for the first time in recorded history. It’s a last-ditch effort

A buoy in Manatee Bay recorded water temperatures of 101.6 degrees on Monday, possibly the hottest sea surface temperature ever recorded, prompting scientists to transplant coral to temperature-controlled tanks.

A relentless marine heat wave is devastating coral reefs — and scientists have mobilized to save them.

A relentless marine heat wave is devastating coral reefs — and scientists have mobilized to save them.

In the face of a massive coral bleaching event in South Florida, thousands of coral specimens are being housed at the Keys Marine Laboratory.

THE FLORIDA KEYS — Cynthia Lewis carefully pulled back the lid covering a 240-gallon tank. As the bubbles subsided, there they were: her life’s work, the very animals she has studied for more than two decades, dying in front of her eyes. Corals, hundreds of them, lined the scores of saltwater tanks in the outdoor lab Lewis oversees. All showed signs of serious trouble — paled patches or ...

Scientists are evacuating hundreds of corals from the unprecedented ocean heat in a last-ditch effort to curb a mass die-off.