COLD-STUNNED ENDANGERED KEMP’S RIDLEY TURTLES ARRIVE IN STYLE AT THE TURTLE HOSPITAL
More than two dozen critically endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtles arrived in the Keys on Dec. 9 to warm up and receive treatment after...
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...
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...
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...
KEYS TRASH, YARD DEBRIS AND RECYCLABLES FACE DIFFERENT JOURNEYS
Once you place your trash, recycling and yard waste at the curb, your job may feel complete, but the journey of your waste is...
WILD THINGS: TURTLES, TURTLES, EVERYWHERE
And some days you find yourself in a room full of endangered sea turtles, most of them flapping their front flippers, trying to find...
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...
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...
COMPOST 101: TIPS TO REDUCING WASTE
By Liah Continentino
As the holiday season arrives, so does a surge in food waste.
A 2020 study by Penn State found that U.S. households waste...
NOAA’S BILL GOODWIN RETIRES FOLLOWING 30-PLUS YEARS
Bill Goodwin is retiring on Wednesday, Dec. 31, closing out a 33-year NOAA science career that spanned six United States presidents.
When he came...
