Parasites are crucial indicators of ecosystem health, and their absence can signal trouble. Once pristine, Florida's Indian River Lagoon (IRL) now faces pollution and algal blooms that have damaged ...

While an abundance of parasites might seem like a bad thing, their absence actually signals trouble in the environment.

SARASOTA, Fla. — Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium has been officially designated as a secondary care rehabilitation facility ...

There are hundreds of species of seaweeds in the genus Sargassum, which is a brown macroalgae found all over the globe. In ...

A Florida lagoon that was once considered a paradise for the state’s manatees has become a death trap, and environmentalists ...

TAMPA, Fla. — A group of Tampa students are doing their part to take on seagrass restoration. Students in the Focus Academy Transition program, which serves young adults with developmental ...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed bills renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America in state law and textbooks. This action aligns with a previous executive order from former President ...

Florida alligator mating season lasts from April through June, increasing their visibility and aggression. Homeowners encountering alligators should contact the Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

Benthic ecology is the study of organisms that make up bottom communities (sediments, seagrass communities and rock outcrops ... shelf into the Gulf of Mexico along the southwest Florida coast. It is ...

Restoration of a damaged seagrass meadow is underway in the Northwest Ship Channel off Key West, where a ferry boat damaged a large section of the seafloor after running aground ...

it meant that salinity levels in the bay would get so high that it could be detrimental to the health of the seagrasses and the other species that depend on that habitat." Florida Bay doesn't have ...