Scientists Seek to Develop Hybrid Coral Reef Off of Miami

Scientists and students from the University of Miami dove into the dark waters a few miles off the shores of Miami as part of an effort to develop hybrid reefs. The team from the Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science was on a mission this week to collect eggs and sperm from spawning staghorn coral. They hope to fertilize other strains of staghorn corals back in a lab. It’s all part of a $7.5 million federal grant from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency