If you’re headed to Cozumel and love the water, don’t skip the National Marine Park. This protected stretch of the Mesoamerican Reef offers some of the best snorkeling and diving in the world, with ...

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Virgin Islands National Park preserves a large swath of island and ocean ecosystems, full of beautiful and diverse wildlife.

A disease is wreaking havoc on coral colonies in Dry Tortugas and beyond. But hope is on the horizon. The May 29 monitoring excursion started like any other for members of Dry Tortugas National Park’s ...

WASHINGTON — Scientists have mapped the largest coral reef deep in the ocean, stretching hundreds of miles off the U.S. Atlantic coast. While researchers have known since the 1960s that some coral ...

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CN — Two species of coral in the Florida Reef are now “functionally extinct” as a result of an unprecedented 2023 marine heat ...