Florida Aquarium

The three-phase expansion will begin in January 2023, with completion of the last part planned for 2025.

Around 200 sea urchins were spawned at the aquarium and released in a coral reef off the Florida Keys, where they will eat algae that can overrun the reef.

Initial necropsy results were inconclusive, but further tests are being conducted.

A study to determine whether pillar coral should be added to the endangered species list and protected instead found they have gone "functionally extinct." Now scientists are racing to breed new colonies in a rescue project at the Florida Aquarium.

The Florida Aquarium in Tampa has announced plans to reopen to the public on May 15.In a news release Monday night, aquarium officials said the reopening…

This week on Florida Matters, we share some of our favorite discussions about plants, animals and environmental challenges facing our state.We look back…

This week on Florida Matters, we share some of our favorite discussions about plants, animals and environmental challenges facing our state.We look back…

Come Monday, a national consortium of environmental groups will begin a major effort to transplant coral to South Florida's reefs.The project is helmed by…

Florida's coral reefs are in trouble. Scientists say they've been declining for decades.But researchers have very recently come up with some exciting…

Florida's coral reefs are in trouble. Scientists say they've been declining for decades.But researchers have very recently come up with some exciting…

Divers were busy in early April transplanting coral grown in the Tampa Bay area to stressed-out reefs in South Florida and The Florida Keys. This…

With Gasparilla Pirate Fest invading Tampa Saturday, there are concerns about what happens after the parade to the beads that pirates hand out.The beads…