Changing Seas

A team of research divers counts fish in Dry Tortugas National Park to evaluate if marine protected areas are helping the regional ecosystem rebound from years of overfishing and environmental change.

Florida’s bottlenose dolphins are showing disturbing signs of immune system dysfunction and disease, which may be linked to contaminant exposure.

Seagrasses and mangroves are in decline globally, threatening an ecosystem collapse from the bottom of the food chain all the way to the top.

Near Key West lies the world’s second largest intentionally sunk shipwreck, the USNS General Hoyt S. Vandenberg. This artificial reef is now attracting fish, fishermen and divers.