THREE RESCUED AND REHABBED MANATEES RETURN TO MARATHON WATERS
The exhaustive efforts of four manatee rescue and rehabilitation organizations came to fruition on Nov. 29 with the release of three healthy manatees in Key Colony Beach.
Rescued...
TURTLE RELEASE: ‘TORTIE’ JOINS TOUR DE TURTLES WHICH MONITORS MIGRATION PATTERNS
A juvenile green sea turtle rehabilitated at the Florida Keys-based Turtle Hospital was fitted with a satellite-tracking transmitter and released from Sombrero Beach on July 15 to...
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 two-day lobster mini-season...
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 the release of...
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 of a boat...
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 a dozen organizations...
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 Winegardner was diving...
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, to prepare nearly...
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 comment sessions set...
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 from fellow flippered...
