Loggerhead turtles “dance” when exposed to food-associated magnetic fields, and their magnetic map may help them return to specific areas after long migrations.

Researchers set out to catch baby turtles in the Gulf of Mexico to tag them and learn more about where they go when they scurry to the sea after hatching.

For International Women and Girls in Science Day, the museum’s Ocean Portal spoke with “Her Deepness” about science, seaweed ...

After months of rehabilitation, Buckley, a green sea turtle found stranded more than a mile from the Gulf of Mexico, is ready ...

A woman in Orange Beach, Alabama, wasn’t sure what she saw out at sea from her balcony recently. But she knew one thing: “That sucker’s huge.” Debbie Millay can be heard in video she recorded ...

Calm winds, warmers temps lead to opportunities in Gulf - Read this weeks Fishing News from Anna Maria Island, Florida ...

Imagine a species with fewer individuals than seats on a school bus. Now imagine that each weighs more than the bus itself. That’s Rice’s whale, the only resident baleen whale in the Gulf of ...

A pair of rare and critically endangered whales has journeyed past their usual course, appearing in the Gulf Coast where they ...

According to the January 2025 sargassum update, residents and visitors across the Virgin Islands may soon begin to notice an ...

Eventually the GPS tags slough off because “the outside of a young turtle’s shell sheds as they grow very quickly,” said ...

While red tides and other algal blooms can occur worldwide, Karenia brevis is found almost exclusively in the Gulf of Mexico but also has been found on the east coast of Florida and off the coast of ...

Red tide has hit some areas of Southwest Florida this past week. Could it affect PCB? Here's a look at the data.