As if we needed more proof that birds are better than rats, it’s here. . . at least for their role in revitalizing coral reefs, a core component of marine ecosystems. Scientists have found that coral ...

Over that time, he's witnessed an alarming trend. In the past 20 years, half of Florida corals have died off. "Watching the decline of coral at Looe Key has been heartbreaking," Lapointe says. "When I ...

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Saving coral reefs might be possible with the power of … sound? Scientists have found that playing certain sounds through underwater speakers can help restore damaged coral ecosystems. This ...

MONROE COUNTY, Fla. — South Florida’s coral reefs continue to suffer the effects of this unprecedented summer heat wave that shows no end in sight. It’s especially catastrophic because since the 1980s ...

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 ...

Both aerial and in-water surveys have shown that the southern section of the Great Barrier Reef is undergoing extensive coral bleaching. Surveys have also shown “limited bleaching” in the northern ...

In a lab at the University of Miami, there are tanks of knobby, tan-colored corals from Florida, Honduras and the Cayman Islands. They've been drafted into a sort of coral Olympics, as scientists look ...

Read full article: Record warm ocean temperatures threaten Florida’s coral reef This photo provided by the University of Miami Coral Reef Futures Lab, shows fire coral and staghorn corals with ...

To read more of The Economist’s data journalism visit our Graphic detail page. ON JULY 24TH a buoy in the Manatee Bay off Florida’s southern tip measured a record-breaking sea-surface temperature of ...