Having only learned to swim after being admitted to a marine science program, our June Sea Hero has since dedicated his life to coral reefs and their preservation.
Conservation
On April 5, 2024, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium responded to rescue a distressed smalltooth sawfish after someone called the sawfish
Spearing lionfish and feeding them to non-native predators has long been touted as a conservation-friendly solution to the invasive lionfish problem, but it can have serious consequences for divers
Recent Articles
The International Shark Attack File released its report on the amount of unprovoked shark attacks in 2017 and shark attack deaths in 2017.
Scientists and researchers used the hashtag #WowScienceFact on Twitter to share the most interesting facts they've learned while studying nature and more.
Videos like this makes us wonder, can dolphins and whales communicate underwater?
REEF is hosting several lionfish derbies throughout Florida to help reduce the population of invasive lionfish in the Gulf of Mexico and western Atlantic.
As of January 2018, the oceanic whitetip shark will be listed as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act— this is the first shark to make the list in the Continental U.S.
More than 10,000 North Pacific humpback whales migrate from southeastern Alaska to the warm waters of the Aloha State each year to mate, give birth and nurture their calves.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has received a petition from a fishing group asking that the northwest Atlantic Ocean's leatherback sea turtles be listed as threatened.