The majority of the estuary’s overall gains come from Hillsborough Bay, the waterbody just south of downtown Tampa. A species of long and flat seagrass, called shoal grass, is known to have booms and ...

Record-breaking seagrass covers nearly every other part of Tampa Bay. One section is in the midst of collapse, and ...

the Tampa Bay National Estuary Program is one of the most successful programs in achieving an improved and healthy bay. The science provided by the program linked the high nitrogen in bay waters ...

In a hidden pocket of Tampa Bay mangrove ... ultimately end up in the bay. Or perhaps a sheepshead, with its iconic black-and-white bars, is caught near a part of the estuary with a heavy ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Aboard Tampa Bay Watch’s eco vessel Discovery, they believe the answer to conservation is education.