During this week’s beachcombing survey along the Texas coast, I encountered something rare and exciting: Hundreds of red mangrove seeds scattered across the shoreline. These long, torpedo-shaped seeds ...

Black Mangrove Seeds come from Black Mangrove shrubs/small trees, and they typically wash ashore every fall. There has been a large amount of the seeds washing ashore on Padre Island beaches recently.

During this week’s beachcombing survey along the Texas coast, I encountered something rare and exciting: hundreds of red mangrove seeds scattered across the shoreline. These long, torpedo-shaped seeds ...

Beachcombers on the Texas coast are stumbling across something unexpected: sleek, tropical seeds that look more like flying darts than anything native to the sea. The seeds—long, narrow, and ...

Red mangrove trees could become more pervasive in Texas, based on a recent discovery of its torpedo-shaped seeds on the state's shores. The appearance of the seeds, which measure around eight inches ...

St. Augustine, FL – Researchers have observed an increase in mangrove trees in southern Amelia Island, Florida, in recent years. This is well north of the plant’s typical cold-sensitive habitat.

Researchers report global patterns of mangrove dispersal. Mangroves--trees or shrubs that grow in salt water along tropical and subtropical shorelines--are ecologically and socioeconomically valuable.

A far-flung chapter of the Surfrider Foundation is encouraging the community-led replanting of mangroves – trees that have the power to stem the destructive force of hurricanes – not by hand but with ...

This article is part of a USA TODAY Network reporting project called "Perilous Course," a collaborative examination of how people up and down the East Coast are grappling with the climate crisis.

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Las Chelemeras is a group of 18 women in the Mexican port town of Chelem who, since 2010, have worked to restore and protect their local mangrove ...

Etiqa unveiled Project Firefly, an environmental initiative focused on preserving Malaysia's iconic firefly habitats in Sabak ...