Eventually the GPS tags slough off because “the outside of a young turtle’s shell sheds as they grow very quickly,” said ...

Florida has gained a reputation for being a “crazy" state with its iconic “Florida Man" stories. However, animal encounters ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission staff found a small female manatee with severe cold stress in a ditch ...

Weekly data on beach water quality is from the Florida Department of Health. Red tide and algal bloom data are from FWC. Red ...

A mammoth 1,653-pound great white shark surfaced off Florida's coast Sunday. The shark is the largest male tagged by OCEARCH scientists.

OCEARCH researchers are tracking what might be the largest male white shark ever tagged, with recent signals coming from ...

Young sea turtles actively swim and choose their paths instead of drifting. New satellite tracking reveals their movements.

In a new study, biology researchers from the College of Sciences’ UCF Marine Turtle Research Group studied the dispersal ...

Red tide has hit some areas of Southwest Florida this past week. Could it affect PCB? Here's a look at the data.

The Mote Sea Turtle Rehabilitation Hospital in Sarasota had been closed since hurricanes Helene and Milton but reopened to ...

A huge Mola Mola fish, also known as an ocean sunfish, found itself stranded near the Florida coast. What's a very large and ...