CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — If you've been to the beach recently, you might have noticed something that looks like rice noodles or shredded paper along the shore. According to the Harte Research Institute ...

Manatees have starved to death by the hundreds along Florida’s east coast because algae blooms and contaminants are killing the seagrass the beloved sea mammals eat, a wildlife official told a House ...

Manatees are not the only marine mammals that suffer when seagrass dies off in Florida. A new study found that dolphins in the Indian River Lagoon starved when seagrass meadows declined as well.

Florida fishing guide and environmental activist Paul Fafeita says a highlight for his charter customers is spotting the manatees that forage for seagrass in shallow waters. It’s not so thrilling when ...

The state’s latest survey of seagrass in Gulf Coast Florida waters has good news for the Bradenton area, where the vital marine plant is rebounding for the first time in years. Scientists use seagrass ...