Planting the future: How Reefgen’s seafloor robots aim to restore coasts
Reefgen builds robots that plant coral, seagrass and mangroves directly into the seafloor.
Reefgen builds robots that plant coral, seagrass and mangroves directly into the seafloor.
The beloved sea cows still face many threats, but deaths this year were not as high as in 2021 and ...
New legislation would weaken safeguards for manatees and North Atlantic right whales in the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
State officials believe they don’t have to follow the federal Endangered Species Act when it comes to protecting manatees.
As this pollution-tolerant macroalgae replaces seagrass, it may be reshaping marine life and reducing biodiversity.
The leaders of the state’s environmental protection efforts can’t drag their heels any longer.
DNA from more than 2,700 shrimp, snails and other invertebrates will build global model for detecting biodiversity changes
The Indian River Lagoon suffers from frequent harmful algae blooms that have severely reduced seagrass beds.
Nearly 2,000 manatees died in the state in 2021 and 2022, a two-year record.
In 2013, 8% of the bottlenose dolphins living in Florida’s Indian River Lagoon died.
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