A key cog in the restoration of the Florida Reef Tract – Mote’s Florida Coral Reef Restoration Crab Hatchery – formally opened Monday, even as a portion of the facility is being used to house corals ...

Coral Reef Restoration Research Program Manager Dr. Jason Spadaro shows Mote President & CEO Dr. Michael P. Crosby and National Marine Sanctuary Foundation Vice President of External Affairs Shannon ...

Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium recently celebrated the official opening of its 6,000-square-foot Florida Coral Reef Restoration Crab Hatchery Research Center, the first fully operational Caribbean ...

The remaining 10% of Florida's coral is struggling amid exploding seaweed populations. The Caribbean king crab could help. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) ...

For certain vulnerable corals, help is in the claws of a crab. Reporting in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, researchers found that a species of branching coral benefitted from ...

Gall crabs are tiny, and yet these crustaceans have evolved fluorescence to help them be concealed within hideouts they have created in the coral itself. Fluorescence in gall crabs has been reported ...

A treasure trove of deep reef dwellers has been discovered in coral reefs off the coast of Guam, including 20 that are new to ...