Reef Relief is calling on the community to join in the effort to keep the coasts clean and learn more about preserving the Earth’s precious environment on Earth Day, Wednesday, ...

KEY WEST, Fla. -- City officials in Key West voted to ban sunscreens containing two ingredients that scientists have said are harmful to the coral reef ecosystem. In a 6-1 vote Tuesday, the Key West ...

KEY WEST, FL (Amazing America TV) — Seven miles offshore in Key West, Florida, is home to America’s only living coral reef in the continental United States. It is protected by the Florida Keys ...

FILE - A NOAA diver photographs a reef inside the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, in 2019, before the area was affected by last summer's bleaching event. A new artificial reefs program that ...

The measure, which the City Commission approved Tuesday in a 6-1 vote, will ban sales of sunscreens containing the chemicals oxybenzone and octinoxate. The legislation will go into effect on Jan. 1, ...

This article is more than 1 year old. Water quality tests in Key West show evidence that cruise ships stir up as much sediment that can harm coral reefs and other marine life as a hurricane. Local ...

That’s equivalent to the weight of about 1,000 elephants, and many of those chemicals are toxic to corals. Some researchers ...

For decades, coral reefs throughout the Caribbean have been suffering from disease, pollution, overfishing and rising sea ...

Why do people care about coral reefs? Why does their damage cause such concern and outrage? What drives people to go to great lengths to protect and restore them? Of course, it’s partly because of ...