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 ...

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 ...

Note to audience: Andrew West is a multi-media photographer at the News-Press and Naples Daily News. He has been covering Southwest Florida since 1997. One of his favorite things to cover is the ...

Beyond their inherent value as living organisms, mangrove trees are vital when it comes to protecting healthy waters and fisheries and even human development. A 2019 study from The Nature Conservancy ...

The Gulf of Mexico is loaded with more monster red snapper than avid offshore angler Todd Black has ever seen. Black had to hop from platform to platform Memorial Day Weekend to find one that was ...

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 ...

Dr. Scott F. Jones, an assistant professor of biology at the University of North Florida, has played a crucial role in discovering mangrove trees in southern Georgia, marking the northernmost ...

Win Everham hops off the starboard side of a 17-foot Carolina Skiff and into the waist-deep waters near Florida Gulf Coast University’s marine laboratory in Bonita Springs. Wearing a key lime ...

Mangrove habitats across the oil-rich Gulf region are facing significant threats despite ongoing efforts to conserve these ...