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Of the many issues facing the Caloosahatchee River and its estuary, the major decline in seagrass beds is one of the most obvious signs of the ecosystem’s…

A recent study by scientists with the University of Florida and the U.S. Geological Survey finds that Burmese pythons may be foraging on wading bird…

Students at Florida Gulf Coast University’s Vester Field Station are building mini artificial reefs to create habitat for filter feeders like oysters…

The 2018 wading bird nesting season was one of the largest on record, that’s according to the annual South Florida Wading Bird Report released last week…

The natural southward flow of water into the Everglades has been blocked by Tamiami Trail – that’s U.S. 41 – since the late 1920s. Congress recognized the…

High volume releases of nutrient-rich, and blue-green algae laden water from Lake Okeechobee last summer led to massive algae blooms along the…

Toward the end of the massive blue-green algae bloom that choked area waters in 2018 Florida Gulf Coast University marine science professor, Dr. Mike…

Increases in potentially deadly heat, driven by climate change, will affect every state in the contiguous U.S. in the decades ahead. That’s the main…

Back in 2017, the Florida Aquarium teamed up with the Horniman Museum and Gardens in London to embark on a project to save coral reefs by predictably…

Florida has the most invasive species of any state in the country, and half of the insects, reptiles, arachnids and crustaceans imported into the United…