5 Awe-Inspiring Ocean Discoveries of 2018
2018 has been a year for the books when it comes to ocean discoveries. With the vast majority of the world’s marine ecosystems still yet to be seen by human eyes, there is so much more we have yet to uncover throughout o...
5 Awe-Inspiring Ocean Discoveries of 2018
The first Tuesday after Thanksgiving each year is a special day known as Giving Tuesday. This year, it’s fast approaching! Giving Tuesday is both symbolic and significant, as people all over the world take time ou...
6 Ocean Animals You Can Help Save on Giving Tuesday
Rusty Chinnis is a founder of and is Chairman Emeritus of Sarasota Bay Watch, a non-profit working to preserve and restore Sarasota Bay’s ecosystem through education and citizen participation. My experiences on the ocean...
Shellfish in Sarasota
Palm Beach County officials found traces of Red Tide on their beaches earlier this week, Miami-Dade and Broward Counties will conduct testing on their beaches, and the west coast of Florida is still awash in dead fish. F...
Florida Red Tide Senate Briefing Recap
Did you know we know more about the surface of the moon than the ocean’s seafloor? Well, score one for the deep sea this summer, where a team of scientists just made a very big discovery. Last month a research vessel flo...
A Secret Garden in the Atlantic
Whale sharks are one of my favorite marine species. They are some of the most majestic and beautiful creatures in the sea. And while our team at Ocean Conservancy celebrates these gorgeous animals on a regular basis, I’m...
5 Fin-credible Facts About Whale Sharks
The news and photos of the massive red tide this month in southwest Florida are absolutely heartbreaking. As a seasoned conservation biologist (Baldera) and a native Floridian (Brooker), we have never seen a red tide eve...
The Harmful Algal Blooms in Florida
Eugenie Clark was a pioneer in shark biology—and she inspired a generation of ocean advocates—including myself. This is why I’m especially happy to learn that a new species of shark, that was identified from the Gulf of...
Newly Discovered Shark Species Named After the Late ‘Shark Lady’
Remember working on group projects for school? In the rare occasion you actually got along with everyone in the group, it was always a struggle to coordinate and get everything done before your deadline. And sometimes, y...
Changing the Gulf Forever
Science Friday from the Gulf of Mexico! Earlier this week, a research team published findings of the world’s first known manta ray nursery and it is in the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (off the coa...