Tropical Storm Debby will make landfall in Florida’s Gulf Coast on Monday, possibly having strengthened to a Cat. 1 hurricane, setting the stage in Chatham County for days of heavy […]
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For the love of dolphins
Each month, except December and any stormy month, the all-volunteer team heads out on the water with the goal of photographing each dolphin’s dorsal fin
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Whale Week: Watching, and waiting
EACH YEAR, the North Atlantic right whale comes to Georgia’s coast to calve their newborns. It’s a tradition that’s unique to our coastline, and it’s also at risk of being […]
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Eating the enemy
Perhaps you’ve heard of lionfish, a fluttery-looking species native to the waters of western Australia and Polynesia that has been become a nasty nuisance since the first few were spotted off the coast of Florida in the mid-1980s. These carnival-colored carnivores are now wreaking havoc in the Atlantic, feasting on young grouper and snapper and threatening commercial fisheries that provide food to millions.
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Counting sea stars and other science: A landlubber’s expedition to Gray’s Reef
Scientists, educators, divers and curiosity seekers ship out to the 22-square mile live bottom reef marine sanctuary.
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Who will save the world?
With nobody at the helm of NOAA or FEMA, we’re basically one eyewall away from The Hunger Games, only with worse fashion.