Meanwhile, Oak Hill's famous shrimp are gathering steam. Crappie are still biting in the St. Johns. The Tomoka River is delivering, too.

After conservationists pushed for more, NOAA Fisheries withdrew a proposal that would have expanded boat speed limits and protected North Atlantic Right Whales.

The proposed rule seeks to recover highly coveted red snapper off the coast of Florida by reducing the number of discarded dead fish from recreational

After two years of debate and 90,000 public comments, NOAA withdrew a contentious boat speed rule aimed at Atlantic right whale conservation.

Florida is bracing for another polar plunge this week as bitterly cold weather returns to the State with a wintery mix of possible freezing rain, snow, and more.

Scary things occasionally stumble onto Florida’s highways in the dark, but it literally was the ground that began glowing in Glades County, photos show. The fluorescent shimmer was discovered around 11 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 11, along State Road 29, and an equally sinister blue smoke hovered above.

The Florida Panhandle could see a brief period of snow or ice next week, if the right conditions combine. Bottom line: Cold temps coming.

Withdrawal of an environmental rule by NOAA with an estimated economic impact of $46.2 million along the Eastern Seaboard from Florida to Maine has drawn bipartisan

A Pygmy killer whale — rarely seen in the shallow waters that surround the Florida Keys — was found injured, sick and stranded just off a beach in the island chain on Sunday, a local marine mammal rescue group said.

An angler fishing on a Florida beach had a rare encounter with a smalltooth sawfish and discovered it was in need of help. Kelly Montero, NOAA photo An angler fishing from a Florida beach reeled in an endangered fish nearly twice his size and discovered it ...

Pioneer of marine conservation in the Florida Keys Billy Causey died last week. The 81-year-old was a fixture in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) efforts to create protections for the Florida Keys marine ecosystem for decades.

A new $1.1 million award to UCF from NOAA Sea Grant as part of the Marine Debris Challenge Competition will fund joint research between UCF’s CEELAB and Aquatic Biogeochemistry Laboratory’s research on plastic-free restored habitats in coastal shorelines and oyster reefs.