The young manatee's mother was nowhere to be seen, and it didn't react when people in kayaks approached it. ...more

March 17, 2009

President-elect Barack Obama on Saturday named a Harvard physicist and a marine biologist to science posts, signaling a change from Bush administration policies on global warming that were criticized for putting politics over science. ...more

December 20, 2008

The son of a marine biologist discovered something floating in the canal at the back of the family home Sunday, and his father believes it's a lung, St. Petersburg police said. David Unger saw the object floating near the family's dock at 1237 Brightwaters Blvd. N.E. about noon and told his father, Timothy Unger, who police say is a marine biologist, St. Petersburg police spokeswoman Tonia Nave said. ...more

August 4, 2008

Reeling in a 45-pound grouper used to be just an average day on the water in the Florida Keys. ...more

July 5, 2008

Admission to all 161 Florida state parks is free Sunday, July 13. To celebrate July as Recreation and Parks Month, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Division of Recreation & Parks is encouraging family-friendly, outdoor recreation with the launch of its "Family. Friends. Fun." campaign to reconnect children and families with nature. ...more

June 29, 2008

An effort to remove about 700,000 old tires from the ocean floor about a mile off Fort Lauderdale has ended for the season, officials said Friday. ...more

June 1, 2008

The sperm whale drifting in the shallows near the mouth of Tampa Bay looked thin, even at nearly 17 tons. It didn't appear to be injured, but it grew sicklier as the hours passed. ...more

January 2, 2008

Veterinarians today euthanized the 25-foot sperm whale stuck in shallow water near the mouth of Tampa Bay. ...more

January 1, 2008

Marine biologists are tracking a rare visitor off St. Pete Beach. A charter fisherman spotted a 25-foot-long sperm whale less than one-half mile offshore Sunday. ...more

December 31, 2007

The ice core samples come from one of the most mysterious places on Earth — Lake Vostok — which lies hidden more than two miles beneath the frozen surface of Antarctica. Vostok is the largest of about 140 subglacial fresh-water lakes in Antarctica. It was discovered in 1996 by scientists using radar, and many experts call it the most untainted lake on the planet. ...more

December 9, 2007