RESEARCHERS ASSESS KEYS’ CORAL HEALTH FOLLOWING MARINE HEAT WAVE
A team of researchers from NOAA’s Mission: Iconic Reefs program and partners from Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium and the Coral Restoration Foundation have...
RENOWNED VETERINARIAN DOUG MADER DISCUSSES GLOBAL WARMING EFFECTS ON SEA TURTLES
The College of the Florida Keys continues its 2024 VIP Series with “Global Warming and Wildlife” on Thursday, Feb. 22 at 7 p.m. in...
SHE EMPOWERED NEW GENERATIONS OF UNDERWATER ARCHAEOLOGISTS. NOW SHE’S GETTING RECOGNITION
Brenda Altmeier, Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary maritime heritage coordinator, recently received the Silver Sherman Award. The honor recognizes NOAA employees who perform work...
CRITICAL CORALS: WARM WATERS & BLEACHING PLAGUED REEF IN 2023
A heat wave in the Florida Keys brought a large-scale coral rescue effort among reef restoration organizations in 2023.
BLEACHING BEGINS
Spells of intense heat during...
TURTLE NEST NUMBERS EXPLODE IN FLORIDA
This year’s sea turtle nesting numbers were record-breaking. Statewide statistics for 2023 from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC) counted 133,941 loggerhead sea...
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...
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)...
CELEBRATE THE SEA AT MOTE MARINE’S OCEAN FEST DEC. 3
Ocean aficionados and eco-travelers can celebrate the Florida Keys’ marine environment, including the continental United States’ only coral barrier reef, during Mote Marine Laboratory’s...
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...
DIANA NYAD MARKS 10th ANNIVERSARY OF HAVANA-TO-KEY-WEST SWIM WITH A TURTLE RELEASE
Diana Nyad marked the 10th anniversary of her nearly 111-mile swim from Havana, Cuba to Key West by helping to release a rehabilitated sea...
