Conservation and dive groups warned the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and National Marine Fisheries Service today that the agencies are violating the Endangered Species Act by failing to reopen formal ...

Scientists off the coast of Florida are taking the first detailed census of a local coral population in a study that may hold the key to the survival of the world's dwindling coral reefs. Experts ...

Dive operators at Rainbow Reef Dive Center in Key Largo, Florida, weigh and record debris removed from the ocean. // Reason 75 FEET UNDERWATER, CONCH REEF — At first it's hard to spot among the florid ...

20 specimens of the Caribbean giant barrel sponge were removed and reattached at Conch Reef off of Key Largo, Florida in 2004 and 2005 at depths of 15m and 30m. The sponges were affixed to the reef ...

As I reached the base of the mooring-ball line secured in about 50 feet of water, I was greeted by an 18-inch long curious and brave fish. It hung around while I adjusted the controls on my underwater ...

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A new report shows that no-take zones in Belize can not only help economically valuable species such as lobster, conch, and fish recover from overfishing, but may also help re-colonize nearby reef ...

The U.S. Coast Guard and a good Samaritan rescued six people from the water near Conch Reef, Fla., Saturday. A good Samaritan aboard the 25-foot center console, Quality Time, notified Coast Guard ...