Coarse mats of fast-spreading mud-green algae are blanketing acres of sea floor and delicate coral reef from northern Delray Beach to the southern end of Boca Raton, reported volunteer divers who...
More than 1,000 feet beneath the ocean surface, in black water illuminated only by the spotlights of research submarines, lies a world of snow-white coral, rock pinnacles as high as skyscrapers and...
When Hurricane Dennis passed North Florida on July 10, 2005, it caused a 10-foot storm surge in some areas along Apalachee Bay -- about 3 to 4 feet more than forecasted-- that couldn't be explained...
An illness that is baffling scientists is afflicting Loggerhead sea turtles along the North and Central Florida coast.
Ten have washed up dead along Jacksonville-area beaches and eight were...
SCIENTISTS HAVE long been concerned about declining coral reef health off the southeastern Florida coast, in the Florida Keys and worldwide. The World Research Institute's Reefs at Risk programme...