At the Let's Hear It event held at the Florida Oceanographic Coastal Center, Anchor Ashley Glass spoke to the organization on ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Manatees are not the only marine mammals that suffer when seagrass dies off in Florida. A new study found that dolphins in the Indian River Lagoon starved when seagrass meadows ...

For Florida’s manatee population and manatee conservationists around the world, 2025 was a banner year. ZooTampa’s David A.

Mote Marine Laboratory opened three new research facilities dedicated to seagrass restoration. The facilities are funded through a partnership between Mote, the state of Florida, and private donors.

Manatees remain among the most charismatic 'canaries' in Indian River Lagoon's ecological ‘coal mine.’ In 2025, they kept ...

STUART, Fla. — A researcher at the Florida Oceanographic Society in Stuart completed a study that may help aid in seagrass restoration. Since 2021, researcher Nathaniel Winn has measured oxygen levels ...

During a day at the beach, it’s common to see people walking up and down the shore collecting seashells. As a paleontologist and marine ecologist, we look at shells a bit differently than the average ...

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. The seagrass is greener ...

Florida boasts a combined 8,400 miles of coastline, including nearly 5,100 miles along the Gulf of Mexico. As the shore reaches north and eventually curves west into the Florida Panhandle, the ...

Michal Kowalewski receives funding from the US National Science Foundation, University of Florida Foundation and the Felburn Foundation, Florida. Thomas K. Frazer receives funding from the National ...