Located off of Vaca Key in Marathon, Florida, the Sombrero Reef is a tourist destination with charters and snorkeling tours available. According to the NOAA, the reef is classified as a Sanctuary ...

Hundreds of divers and snorkelers listened to an underwater concert that advocated coral reef protection Saturday in the Florida Keys. The Lower Keys Underwater Music Festival, which also ...

a shallow reef southeast of Bamboo Key near Marathon, and Ham Reef off of Islamorada. As many as 10 species of coral, from elkhorn and staghorn corals to massive, and lower growing, boulder corals ...

El Bandido Yankee co-founder Chris Chelios celebrating in support of Reef Relief in the Keys – photos EBY Reef Relief Program Manager, Alicia Manfroy joins Dane Neal on WGN Radio. Hear how Alicia ...

The festival took place at Looe Key Reef about six miles from Big Pine Key. The event at the continental United States’ only living coral barrier reef raised awareness about reef protection.

Of the five reefs surveyed, only Carysfort Reef, Sombrero Reef in the middle Keys and Eastern Dry Rocks off Key West had any living elkhorn coral. Researchers found no live staghorn or elkhorn ...

Two people were hospitalized after their boat struck a coral reef off the Florida Keys Saturday, May 17, 2025, according to ...

Hundreds of divers and snorkelers have listened to an underwater concert that advocated coral reef protection in the Florida Keys. The Lower Keys Underwater Music Festival, which also spotlighted ...