Over the course of the last week, our 'Saving the Ocean' video crew touched shores and reefs of the Bahamas, Florida and Mexico. Each time we landed on the sea ...

On August 29, researchers at the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) published an analysis of NOAA Mussel Watch Program contaminant monitoring data for mercury and methylmercury levels and ...

At a gathering designed to put NOAA's suite of red tide forecasts in the hands of more Floridians, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science's harmful algae experts and their partners ...

From August 26 to September 6, Schmidt Ocean Institute Fellow Peter Etnoyeris serving as chief scientist aboard the R/V Falkor, owned by the institute, as part of sea trials for ...

In my last post I described how the lionfish, native to the Indian Ocean and west Pacific, now infest just about every reef and wreck in the west Atlantic, from ...

The Pulley Ridge project research team and the R/V F.G. Walton Smith. Credit: Courtesy of R. Cowen. University scientists sponsored by NOAA are conducting a 14-day mission to study how ...

About 20 years ago, one of the world's most beautiful and otherworldly fish, the red lionfish, started showing up in south Florida and the Caribbean. Now, they're a plague. Millions ...

The lagoon that hugs much of Florida's east coast and has the richest array of marine plants, fish and wildlife in North America is under attack from the worst known ...

On August 3, 2012, the Executive Director of Florida's Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission signed an order allowing citizens and tourists to take an unlimited harvest of lionfish without a ...

A growing number of conservationists are advocating the consumption of invasive species in an effort to fend off environmental destruction. Invasive species, as defined by the USDA's National Agricultural Library, ...