The Petersburg Post

Friday, Oct 24th, 2025 - By The marine heatwave that gripped Florida in 2023 was hotter than anything Florida has seen in 150 years, and claimed at least two victims — species of corals now marked 'functionally extinct' from Florida's reefs. That finding comes from a newly published scientific paper that reads more like an obituary for two of the most visible and important coral species on Florida's reefs: elkhorn and staghorn ...