Researchers compared DNA from corals and their symbiotic organisms from two sites along the Pacific coast of Panama to better ...

"We place sculptures to help draw in the public to use our art as a problem solver to get people to care about the issues plaguing our coral reefs," said ... a professional mermaid and diver.

Eight feet feet high and weighing two tons each, the sculptures depict mermaids and abstract coral reefs ... animals will be a major draw for divers, this artificial reef site stands apart ...

“Everyone knows a mermaid, right? In the folklore and the ... may hold the key to bringing back Florida’s lost coral reefs. “It creates ecotourism, but more importantly, creates habitat ...

The structures, some in the form of mermaid ... coral species that have been pre-grown in marine nurseries. The coral then grows over the screw joint and attaches to the cement reef.