FWC requesting input on the stone crab fishery management
FWC will be holding two virtual stone crab workshops to gather public input about management of the stone crab fishery. A long-term declining trend...
Following rescues and recoveries, manatees head back home
Two manatees rescued in the Florida Keys are back home in the ocean following their release on May 20 in Tavernier.
Spookey, a female, suffered deep...
MarineLab Offers Summer Camp for Monroe County kids in June
With kids coming out of quarantine and itching to get hands-on with learning again, parents are wondering what options will be available this summer....
Feds approve Oxitec mosquito trial
The federal Environmental Protection Agency has approved field tests for Oxitec’s biologically modified mosquitoes. If approved by the state of Florida and local authorities,...
Orphaned Infant Manatee Rescued in Islamorada
An orphaned infant manatee was rescued Saturday by marine mammal rescue volunteers in oceanside waters off Islamorada.
The lone calf was spotted beneath underwater rocks...
The Turtle Hospital celebrates Earth Day with sea turtle release named after the father...
In honor of Earth Day’s 50th anniversary, staff from the Turtle Hospital in Marathon released a rehabilitated green sea turtle back to the ocean...
Daily Facebook live sessions with everyone’s favorite dolphins from DRC
Every day at 1 p.m., Dolphin Research Center (DRC) in Marathon hosts a daily Facebook Live session with their resident dolphins. DRC shares “dolphin...
DRC, Dolphins Plus and FWC team up to free entangled, pregnant manatee
On Tuesday, a manatee named “Dually” was rescued at San Pedro Lake on Plantation Key. According to eyewitnesses and responders, the manatee had both...
Mote goes ‘ReMote’ with Keys-centric education & social media
Mote Marine Laboratory’s Summerland Key facility, The Elizabeth Moore International Center for Coral Reef Research and Restoration, is currently closed to tours and outside...
Wildlife team frees entangled dolphin off Layton shore
On Saturday afternoon, April 18, 2020, an experienced team from Dolphins Plus Marine Mammal Responder (DPMMR) freed a bottlenose dolphin entangled in a crab...
