As of April, the Tampa Bay Surveillance Project had caught nearly 700 inshore fish across the estuary. Scientists are catching fish to determine their contamination levels and pinpoint pollutants.

Several species of seagrass grow from the bottom of the shallow coastal waters that hug the Gulf Coast. Benefits of healthy seagrass beds include filtering pollution, providing shelter and food for ...

When it comes to the seagrass beds that stretch across Florida’s largest open-water estuary, there’s some good news and bad news. The good news: For the first time in nearly a decade, Tampa ...

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

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

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 ...