It has always bothered me that the Atlantic Snook isn't the official saltwater state fish of my home state of Florida and the ...

A new study shows that seagrass ecosystems along the northern half of Florida's Gulf Coast have remained relatively healthy and undisturbed for the last several thousand years.

Hauntingly beautiful ghost orchids cling to pond apple trees growing right out of cypress sloughs. Endangered Florida bonneted bats soar through the open night skies. Large but docile eastern indigo ...

A 1,000-pound female manatee that was recovering at a Florida state ... Springs Wildlife State Park well, and he vouched for the staff there that care deeply for the marine mammals.

Scientists at the University of South Florida Optical Oceanography Lab, the point people for tracking the floating mats of ...

What should you do to keep safe this summer? NOAA offered these guidelines: Avoid going into ocean waters at dawn and dusk, ...

It’s a great spot for getting up close and personal with manatees — the state advises no closer than 50 feet — as well as ...

When you think of farming in Southern Miami-Dade County, you typically picture rows of plants and shrubs with open fields of ...

right now we are providing monthly downloads – to multiple state agencies, NOAA, and Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission – with the size of fish that are being released, the species ...

APOLLO BEACH — In the race to save Florida’s coral reef from extinction, hope comes in many shapes and sizes. At The Florida Aquarium’s coral breeding lab, it looks like hundreds of knobby ...