Hollywood installs new seawall panels to combat king tide flooding
With all 20 openings in the new seawall covered, Intracoastal Waterway floodwaters stayed off the streets Wednesday, though seawater can still push up through storm drains.
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With all 20 openings in the new seawall covered, Intracoastal Waterway floodwaters stayed off the streets Wednesday, though seawater can still push up through storm drains.
Rising tides can quickly cut off sandbar access, leaving swimmers stranded in holes and currents.
The project focuses on collecting floating coral egg and sperm bundles, which are fertilized and grown into "baby corals" before being attached to existing reefs once they reach a specific size.
Lifeguard Charlie Verco said he was on his paddleboard when he saw the 11-foot shark emerge and attack a swimmer.
A "tsunami" of seaweed is washing ashore on South Florida beaches, creating an unsightly problem and irritating both locals and visitors alike.
The 35-year-old man was spearfishing with family when he was attacked by a shark on Saturday, police said.
Officials said the buoys would serve as a visual boundary for boaters.
The couple said they were able to swim to a buoy, but they didn't think help would come.
In Tuesday's Miami Proud, we are shining the spotlight on a local jewelry brand protecting the ocean and beaches in South Florida.
Marine biologists found detectable levels of caffeine, cocaine and the over-the-counter painkillers in the blood of 28 sharks.
Contender, a 1,700-pound adult great white shark, was seen moving north after spending time in Florida waters.
Benoit Bourguet, 47, was competing in a rowing race from Spain to Antigua when large waves capsized his single-man vessel.
Crews have installed 22 life-sized concrete cars off Miami Beach as part of an underwater art project that doubles as a coral reef to restore marine life.
A record 2023 heat wave all but eradicated two species of coral that historically served as the backbone of Florida's reefs, researchers said in a new report.
Australia said Wednesday it will deploy a $1.1 billion fleet of "Ghost Shark" underwater attack drones to bolster its firepower in a threatening regional landscape.
Royal Caribbean's Navigator of the Seas was on a week-long, round-trip cruise when passengers became sick, the CDC said.
Scientists from the University of Miami, the Florida Aquarium, and Tela Marine in Honduras are transplanting crossbred coral fragments onto a reef off Miami's coast.
A 12-year-old girl was airlifted to receive medical attention after sustaining a shark bite in waters off South Carolina's Hilton Head Island.
Contender, a nearly 14-foot long adult great white male shark, was first tagged by OCEARCH in January 2025.
No place is more vulnerable to hurricanes in the 50 U.S. states than the Florida Keys.
The three Peruvians and two Colombians had been missing since mid-March and were found on May 7 by an Ecuadorian boat called Aldo.
The Everglades is more than just swamps, fan boats and alligators and restoration efforts impact more than the land between Florida's east and west coasts.
Scientists have determined that at least six new aquatic species have been thriving under an Antarctic ice shelf.
New species of shark, sea butterfly, mud dragon, bamboo coral, water bear, octocoral, and shrimp were just some of the marine life findings.
Several fishermen helped Coast Guard crewmembers rescue four Americans whose ship had sunk after striking several rocks.
