Here's a closer look at the artificial reef industry in Florida, why it's important, and how it was impacted when McCulley ...

McCulley Marine Services in Fort Pierce closed in 2023 after owner and founder John "Boo" McCulley died in 2020.

The death of a pet leaves behind a devastating emptiness in the lives of the people who love them. Often, aggrieved pet ...

These artificial reefs mimic the complex shapes and textures of natural coral, giving marine life places to hide, breed, and thrive. The beauty of 3D printing is its precision: each structure ...

Resting Reef turns ashes into underwater memorials. In just one year, it has already attracted 46 new marine species.

Artificial, human-made reefs have been deployed around the country to enhance and protect coastlines. The Department of Defense is working to deploy them in waters off its coastal military bases ...

People around the world have long known that shipwrecks are prime fishing sites, and since at least the 1830s, American fishermen purposely built artificial reefs out of interlaced logs.

Two new artificial reefs destined for the Gulf were designed by students The reefs will be sunk soon thanks to a $50,000 donation from Coastal Conservation Association The project is part of ...

That makes artificial reefs particularly alluring in the Great Lakes—they’re a way to block wave energy without making erosion worse for neighbors, and they’re far cheaper than traditional ...

New research shows artificial light can upend underwater communities around coral reefs just like they do on land. (Story aired on All Things Considered on Dec. 30, 2024.) Night on planet Earth is ...

Artificial light can wake sleeping fish and attract predators, changing nighttime coral reef communities, according to new research using novel underwater infrared cameras. Artificial light can ...