SAFEGUARDING WATER & WILDLIFE: TOP ENVIRONMENTAL STORIES OF 2022
Coral outplantings, dives to collect debris, and wildlife rehabilitations dominated a busy 2022 in the Florida Keys. Local wildlife rehabilitators returned injured manatees and...
4 DEATHS & MULTIPLE ARRESTS DURING WEEK OF LOBSTER MINI-SEASON IN THE FLORIDA KEYS
Issuance of warnings, citations and some advice were among several steps Monroe County Sheriff’s marine deputy Nelson Sanchez took during the start of a...
IN PICTURES: PAPA HEMINGWAY LOOK-ALIKES HELP TURTLES RETURN TO THE OCEAN
With three releases in seven days, the Turtle Hospital in Marathon had a busy week of returning beloved reptiles to their ocean homes. Following...
STOP FEEDING WILD ANIMALS
Last week, a co-worker showed me a video on social media of a mother helping her son dangle a fish carcass over the back...
IN PICTURES: KEYS ANIMAL CARE FACILITIES COLLABORATE IN DISASTER WORKSHOP
The brightest Keys minds in marine animal care, rescue and rehabilitation converged on Hawks Cay Resort on Aug. 12 as leaders from more than...
BREAKING: MARATHON SCUBA DIVER BITTEN BY SHARK
The Florida Keys recorded its fourth shark bite in six months when a diver was bitten while spearfishing on Sept. 6.
Marathon scuba instructor Zack...
AQUARIUM ENCOUNTERS JOINS REEF RENEWAL USA IN CORAL RESTORATION EFFORTS
Recent years have seen various companies throughout the Florida Keys stretch the definition of “ecotourism” as an attractive advertising buzzword.
Training volunteers, and eventually tourists,...
MARINE SANCTUARY: KEY WEST WATERMEN WORRY ABOUT WATER QUALITY & LAW ENFORCEMENT
The evening of Sept. 21 found just a few dozen individuals filling the auditorium at Marathon High School for one of three in-person public...
BABY DOLPHIN ‘BOWIE’ REINTRODUCED TO NATURAL LAGOONS AT DOLPHIN RESEARCH CENTER
After nearly five months of round-the-clock attention from her human caregivers, the newest addition to Dolphin Research Center’s animal family is getting some help...
A BABY DOLPHIN? DOLPHIN RESEARCH CENTER IN FLORIDA KEYS WELCOMES SECOND CALF THIS YEAR
The staff and dolphin pod at Dolphin Research Center celebrated an addition to its animal family for the third time in 2022, when 15-year-old...
