The Florida Reef Tract is the third largest coral reef in the world and a vastly important ecosystem for sustaining underwater life. Scientists are working to combat the crisis in the world’s coral reefs—that is, that human beings have lost 25 to 40 percent of the world’s corals in recent decades du

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Check out this amazing time-lapse video showing the secret life of corals in the Great Barrier Reef. Using time-lapse photography, Dr Pim Bongaerts from the University of Queensland, found a way to show how the coral moves and grows it's normally too slow to see. He shared some of his remarkable foo...

Our 2019 Outlook Report highlights the urgent need for our continued and accelerated action to improve the long-term outlook for the Great Barrier Reef. It is the third in a series of comprehensive reports on Reef health and management over 10 years, with the long-term outlook for the Reef’s ecosyst

Zoom into a coral reef and discover photosynthetic algae inside the coral’s cells. Reef-building corals rely on these symbionts for their survival. This stunning animation is perfect for all levels of biology and environmental science classes. Corals get their energy in part from microscopic symbiot

In 2009 the US sank the Vandenberg to make an artificial reef in Key West, Florida. Aerial, on-board and underwater video of the sinking of the 2nd largest artificial reef just off the coast of Key West. This 13-year project to create a new artificial reef in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctua...

Oceans cover 71% of the planet and are the source of life on Earth. Over a billion people, including some of the poorest in the world, depend on the oceans and wild seafood for survival. But our blue planet is under threat. Each day we remove more than the oceans can replenish. We are draining our o...

It's a cautionary tale with a twist. Unless we do more to protect them, coral reefs could become extinct by 2050 due to pollution & climate change. This video was released just ahead of the landmark Copenhagen summit on climate change in order to draw attention to the plight of these fragile ecosyst...

Florida Gov. Rick Scott urged residents in and around the city to evacuate after forecasts showed the entire state of Florida and in particular South Florida in real danger of a direct hit by the Category 5 storm, the largest storm ever recorded in the atlantic ocean..

Florida became the 36th State to legalize same-sex marriage on January 5th, 2015. Now 72% of americans reside in marriage equality areas. The first weddings in Florida took place in Miami-Dade county followed by other South Florida counties including Broward where massive weddings took place after...