Florida drew a record 142.9 million visitors in 2024. The state’s nature guides and other ecotourism experts say it could do ...

The Everglades' eclectic alligators are surprisingly diverse builders, bodyguards, commuters, and health-bringing engineers.

The Trump administration plans to rewrite part of the Endangered Species Act that prohibits harming the habitats of ...

Shell Key has pristine, powdery white Gulf Coast beaches and an abundance of shells that inspired its name. Originally called ...

The ‘David Packard’ is named for the Silicon Valley pioneer who donated more than $1 billion to ocean research.

Down past New Orleans lies Plaquemines parish, a narrow sliver of land at the tip of Louisiana that reaches southward like a ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Fifteen years after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded off the Gulf Coast, killing 11 and sending 134 ...

The University of Connecticut’s “Biodiversity Bonanza” showcased the impressiveness and importance of natural history collections on Thursday, April 17.

That’s Dr. Von D. Mizell–Eula Johnson State Park in Dania Beach, Florida – a 310-acre coastal treasure that somehow remains ...

Hidden between Fort Lauderdale’s cruise ships and Hollywood’s beaches lies a coastal paradise so magnificent yet overlooked that it feels like finding a secret passage to Old Florida – Dr. Von D.

Florida's mockingbird is fighting to save its title as state bird, which it has held for nearly 100 years, as lawmakers consider replacing it with two other native birds - the flamingo and the ...