Floridians love manatees. The marine animals, lovingly known as "sea cows" or "gentle giants," spend the winters swimming in ...

Rep. Jason Shoaf, a St. Joe Republican whose House District 7 seat represents multiple counties in the Big Bend area along ...

Its new plan is expected to reduce the amount of discharged water entering the coastal estuaries. In 2021, with local allies, we sued Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida regulators for allowing the release ...

A new study is predicting estuaries along the East Coast of the U.S. will experience marine heat wave conditions up to a third of the year by the end of the century. A first-of-its-kind study led ...

BMAA is produced by cyanobacteria — also commonly referred to as blue-green algae — and can be found in freshwater, estuaries and marine waters in Florida and across the globe. A couple ...

estuaries and coastal areas from Nov. 15 to March 31. Even though manatees can be seen in Florida year-round, manatee season is the best time to see them swimming in Floridian waterways.