When the British Admiralty charted the Florida Keys between 1773 and 1775 ... “Ghost reefs: Nautical charts document large spatial scale of coral reef loss over 240 years” was published ...

And in doing so he created the oldest known records of Florida reefs. “With the early charts you can actually see the reef itself being drawn,” said Loren McClenachan, a marine ecologist at ...

Manatees are slow-moving, seagrass-eating marine mammals. The Florida Manatees spend up to eight hours a day grazing on seagrasses and other marine or freshwater vegetation, eating up to 10% of ...

The bodies of many different species of marine life — such as fish, sea turtles, eels, goliath groupers and even manatees — have washed ashore on Boca Grande beach in Florida over the past week.

Five counties in Florida remain at the mercy of the weather and water currents as a “red tide” algae bloom continues to choke their waters, marine life and economies. Red tide has spread to ...