A researcher at the Florida Oceanographic Society in Stuart completed a study that may help aid in seagrass restoration.

If that happens, sharks also might not stay as long or not swim as far south as Florida at all. Local coastal waters would turn too hot for them, while the beaches of the Carolinas, for example ...

SAN JOSE — The San Jose Sharks traded some young blue line depth for a seasoned enforcer on Thursday, sending defenseman Henry Thrun to the Toronto Maple Leafs for tough guy forward Ryan Reaves.

An 1,000 pound tiger shark was reeled in by angler Trey Linder on Pensacola Beach. See video of the shark, which was tagged and released for research.

Already, Florida Atlantic University documented that Florida’s blacktip shark numbers decreased by almost 60 percent between 2011 and 2019, from a peak of 12,128 individuals to 4,955.

158 blacktip reef sharks — a survey record — were spotted in Maya Bay, Thailand, showing the success of conservation and ecosystem recovery efforts in the area.