FIRST RESCUED SAWFISH RECEIVING CRITICAL CARE AT MOTE MARINE LAB
On April 5, Mote Marine Laboratory and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission responded to a distressed smalltooth sawfish after a member of the public called...
DESERT FACILITY RECREATES CONDITIONS ON THE REEF
By Maria Betancourt
In the realm of research, Biosphere 2 stands as a pioneering experiment that captured imaginations with its ambitious attempt to replicate Earth's ecosystems within a...
NOAA EXTENDS TEMPORARY SPECIAL USE AREA FOR CORAL NURSERIES
A coral nursery in federal waters about five miles southeast of Tavernier will retain special use protections for an additional 60 days after NOAA exercised its emergency...
FLORIDA KEYS’ RESCUED CORALS RETURNING TO OCEAN-BASED NURSERIES
“This is the good news story everyone needs,” said a smiling Cindy Lewis, the director of Florida Institute of Oceanography’s Keys Marine Laboratory (KML) in Layton. “We...
WHO SHOT THIS TURTLE? MARATHON HOSPITAL OFFERS $5K REWARD FOR INFO ON CULPRIT
Marathon’s Turtle Hospital is raising the stakes to find the culprit behind a since-euthanized loggerhead sea turtle that appears to be intentionally speared in the head.
Hospital founder...
HOPE AMID THE HEAT: CORAL EXPERTS COLLABORATE & PLAN RESCUE
In the face of unprecedented and smothering heat, Florida Keys coral scientists and restoration practitioners are showing up with the resiliency and resolve that they hope our...
STATE GIVES FLORIDA KEYS $10M FOR ARTIFICIAL REEFS; HOW & WHERE WILL THEY SPEND...
Monroe County and FWC officials met in Key West on Aug. 1 to discuss the next steps after being awarded $10 million from the state to start...
RECAPPING THE 2023 LOBSTER MINI-SEASON IN THE KEYS
While winds, rain, lightning, rough seas and limited visibility in milky water were less than ideal for bug hunters throughout both days of the Florida Keys’ 2023...
WHAT DOES THE UNPRECEDENTED MARINE HEAT WAVE MEAN FOR THE FUTURE OF KEYS’ AQUATIC...
Are we witnessing the death of an entire ecosystem?
It’s too early to tell, but that’s the unbearable – and hopefully unfounded – fear in the back of...
VOLUNTEER MONITORS NEEDED AMID THE HEAT-DRIVEN CORAL BLEACHING
With unseasonably high ocean temperatures in the Florida Keys, local coral reefs are bleaching, a stress response which increases susceptibility to disease, predation and mortality. Mote Marine...
