These protected areas bring an incredible amount of biodiversity right into the bustling metropolis–including coral reefs.

ABOARD THE BASELINE EXPLORER — Conservationists are working off of Port Everglades to document the plight of coral reefs already battered and, they fear, further endangered by a planned seapo… ...

The explosive 52-page report, titled “Examination of Sedimentation Impacts to Coral Reef along the Port Miami Entrance Channel, December 2015 and April 2016,” was published by the National ...

Deepening Port Miami to make way for bigger ships has caused far more damage to rare coral at the bottom of Biscayne Bay than federal wildlife managers originally calculated.

In Port Everglades, we must demand a plan that does not deposit the thick, immovable sediment that, in just 20 months, has destroyed the unique coral reef that had thrived here for several millennia.

Urban coral that have thrived near bustling Port Miami — despite ship traffic churning up pollution and bay bottom — are more resilient than their cousins along Florida’s reef, a new study ...

A planned expansion of Port Everglades involves dredging that environment groups fear will harm endangered corals. Fears of irreparable harm to coral reefs prompted a lawsuit Wednesday against the ...

Coral reefs cover less than one percent of the seafloor, and yet they’re home to a quarter of all marine life, making them some of the most biodiverse places on Earth. But their future looks bleak.