"Rico" didn't have quite enough of a ring to it, so it wound up in second place. ...more

March 12, 2009

A dolphin that stranded itself on Longboat Key on Wednesday morning later died at Mote Marine Laboratory in Sarasota. ...more

March 11, 2009

"Rico" didn't have quite enough of a ring to it, so it wound up in second place. ...more

March 11, 2009

A maroon-striped marauder with venomous spikes is rapidly multiplying in the Caribbean's warm waters, swallowing native species, stinging divers and generally wreaking havoc on an ecologically delicate region. ...more

August 14, 2008

It might have been the setting for a "Jaws" movie. Six snorkelers wading in a row, cruising just below the surface while watching exotic fish dart beneath them. It was all very peaceful, until the mysterious whale shark appeared out of the deep blue. ...more

June 22, 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

Japan, under pressure from the United States and Australia, is delaying plans to kill 50 humpback whales as part of its already contentious annual whale harvest in waters near Antarctica. ...more

December 22, 2007