S.O.A.R. BRINGS AN URCHIN CLEANING CREW TO KEY LARGO’S HORSESHOE REEF
As coral restoration practitioners work to repair the Keys’ most treasured reef sites, a first-of-its-kind sea urchin release hopes to keep those reefs in...
LETTER: SAVE THE KEYS FROM OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING
On Jan 6, the Village of Islamorada became the latest governmental body in the Monroe County to unanimously pass a resolution objecting to the...
PUBLIX AND FORCE BLUE INSTALL CORAL NURSERY TREES IN THE FLORIDA KEYS
Publix’s “Good Together” environmental campaign donations are supporting coral restoration efforts in the Florida Keys through a coral field nursery consisting of 25 coral...
A WORD FROM THE ENVIRONMENT: 2025 STRIDES AND SETBACKS FOR KEYS WATERS & WILDLIFE
The past 12 months brought some major wins for the precious Florida Keys ecosystem, from renewed ecotourism efforts to trash derbies and an all-out...
KEYS MARINE SANCTUARY’S LAVERDURE NAMED EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR
A colleague asked that she be cloned. In a way she has been, taking on the responsibilities of another full-time position in addition to...
PENGUINS, SEA OTTERS, OCTOPUSES, OH MY! KEYS OFFICIALS TOUR MOTE MARINE LAB’S NEW AQUARIAUM
The agenda included close encounters with sharks, rays, manatees, penguins, sea otters, octopuses, coral reef and more as a group of public officials, community...
PYTHON HUNTER PROTECTS NATIVE EVERGLADES WILDLIFE
Kym Clark did what any person would do when she saw an 18-foot python slithering across the road in Everglades National Park — she...
AGENCIES TEAM UP FOR FLORIDA’S CORAL REEF
Response to the stony coral tissue loss disease in May 2023 led several coral reef and environmental stakeholders to merge their efforts.
The Monroe County...
YACHT PARTIALLY SINKS AND SPILLS DIESEL INTO A KEY LARGO CANAL
A yacht that began to take on water Tuesday evening in a Key Largo canal became partially submerged, leaking gallons of diesel into the...
GROUND-BREAKING HONDURAS/FLORIDA KEYS HYBRID ELKHORNS PLANTED IN WORLD-FIRST EXPERIMENT OFF KEY BISCAYNE
In July, scientists outplanted very special elkhorn corals (Acropora palmata) onto a reef in Biscayne Bay. They believe these cross-bred corals, created from a...
