More than 1,000 corals born at The Florida Aquarium head to the Keys

More than 1,000 baby corals arrive in Florida Keys to help restore reefs

There are 1,050 baby corals that arrived Wednesday in the Florida Keys for their next step in a mission to restore the marine ecosystem. The elkhorn corals are going to the Keys Marine Laboratory on Long Key in Layton, operated by the Florida Institute of Oceanography at the University of South Florida, where they will slowly acclimate to the temperature-controlled...

More than 1,000 corals born at The Florida Aquarium head to the Keys

APOLLO BEACH, Fla. (WFLA)— More than 1,000 corals that were born at The Florida Aquarium are headed to the Florida Keys. The elkhorn corals were transported to the Florida Keys, where they will be planted on the reef or nurtured in ocean-based nurseries, the Florida Aquarium said. The baby corals were born in 2022 and 2023 at the Aquarium. They came from rescued parent colonies originally from Florida's Coral Reef. Courtesy: The Florida Aquarium…

Baby corals to be planted in Florida Keys to help ecosystem rebuild from bleaching

More than 1,000 coral babies spawned and raised at The Florida Aquarium are headed to the Florida Keys to be planted on reefs or nurtured in ocean-based nurseries.

Coral babies head to Florida Keys to help restore dying reefs

KEY WEST, Fla. – More than 1,000 young corals raised at Tampa’s Florida aquarium are on their way to the Florida Keys, offering a potential lifeline to the imperiled coral reef system.The Florida Aquarium’s Coral Conservation team said it is transporting approximately 1,050 coral juveniles, born in either 2022 or 2023, to the Keys, where they will either be planted on a reef or placed in conservation nurseries.The goal of the effort is to help r…