Lahai Turay carries metal squares used to measure the density of seagrass while others record data in the shallow water off Sei island. (Guy Peterson for The Washington Post) Warning: This graphic ...

The state’s latest survey of seagrass in Gulf Coast Florida waters has good news for the Bradenton area, where the vital marine plant is rebounding for the first time in years. Scientists use ...

Our planet is heating up. This is known as global warming. Carbon dioxide is one of the gases which contributes to this process. It is known as a greenhouse gas, this means that it traps heat in ...

In the ocean, they can travel long distances by attaching to seagrass or algae and drifting across the sea surface. This journey by hitchhiking—technically known as "rafting"—has rarely been ...