At 18 feet above sea level, Solares Hill is the highest point of land in Key West, yet the lofty elevation would have been no ...

This destination in the Florida Keys is known as the "Sportfishing Capital of the World" since fishers and anglers flock ...

Photography by James Schwabel, Alamy Stock Photo Out beyond the reef that stretches along the Florida Keys ... next day I’m in an emergency room in Marathon surrounded by X-rays of the more ...

McCulley Marine Services, a key artificial reef deployment company in Florida, closed in 2023 due to rising costs. Florida governments and nonprofits are shifting focus to smaller, nearshore ...

The Fort Pierce marine contractor deployed artificial reefs for over two decades and now South Florida has lost one its most affordable and productive marine contractors. The Army Corps of ...

On Thursday, at 3 p.m., the Greater Boca Raton Beach and Park District Commissioners held a ribbon cutting at Patch Reef Park for the opening of a new playground that would be accessible for ...

These baby corals were born in 2022 and 2023 at the Aquarium, and came from rescued parent colonies originally from Florida’s Coral Reef. Get local news you need to know to start your day with ...

Around 1,050 coral babies spawned and raised at The Florida Aquarium are on their way to the Florida Keys, where they'll be planted on the reef or nurtured in nurseries. Trump pulls surgeon ...

And that’s great news for the local sea life. Coral reef conservation is a huge undertaking in Florida, with several groups across the state engaging in research to prevent coral reefs from ...

In shallow water not far from the Florida Keys’ famed Seven Mile Bridge ... set out to collect some potential members from a grassy patch of ocean floor just off Molasses Key, near Marathon. Except ...

The patch reefs that fringe the Florida Keys offer better chances to see marine life—sea turtles, rays, nurse sharks—than the sandy snorkeling areas closer to shore. Fortunately, Captain Hook’s Marina ...

Skye Sherman is a travel writer based in West Palm Beach, Florida ... to drive farther south for a quality patch of sand. While John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park is best known for its 70 ...