Tucked between the Gulf of Mexico and Tampa Bay, Shell Key Preserve is one of Florida’s largest and most pristine barrier islands.

Climate change is exacerbating extreme heat waves across the country, burdening families, putting Americans’ health at risk, ...

High water temperature, the typical cause behind coral bleaching, doesn’t appear to be why certain corals in the Florida Keys are bleaching before summer. The culprit? It’s likely rainbow parrotfish.

A brief contends the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission — not the Department of Environmental Protection — is ...

In the Lower Keys, near MM 12, Shark Key is announced by a building with a beautiful blue-tiled roof. The long, thin island sitting off to the right of the […] ...

I’m adorable. And I almost became a coat because of it. If that sounds dramatic — good. It should. Because while humans have […] ...

What once occurred perhaps once every few decades now happens with alarming regularity. The 2014-2015 global bleaching event severely impacted Florida’s reefs, and before they could fully recover, ...

What once occurred perhaps once every few decades now happens with alarming regularity. The 2014-2015 global bleaching event severely impacted Florida’s reefs, and before they could fully recover, ...

The chain of islands off the south tip of Florida has a rich food culture that goes beyond the fame of Key Lime Pie. Here's where to taste local Cuban and Reuben sandwiches, pink shrimp, lionfish ...

Coral bleaching isn’t just an ocean crisis. Here’s how the global event endangers food security, local jobs—and the land ...

Marine biologists have been struggling to save Florida’s corals as climate change and pollution have decimated reefs in recent decades. One solution just might come from a rough coral ...

A beachgoer stumbled across nearly $500,000 worth of cocaine wrapped in "Yosemite Sam" packaging in Florida, authorities said.