Paul Giorgio

– Blue Spring State Park's innovative Rolling Hikes program is breaking down barriers to outdoor recreation, offering nature enthusiasts of all mobility levels the chance to explore Florida's stunning wilderness.

Cherry Lake Nursery's efforts align with 20-year sustainability plan

A manatee’s journey from a storm drain to the open water captivated a community. And for one Melbourne Beach family, it became something even more personal.

The 2025 aerial mapping study, which tracks seagrass extent across the 156-mile lagoon, from Volusia County down to Jupiter, shows a 72% increase in seagrass coverage since 2023 - equivalent to roughly 7,000 hectares, or about 13,000 football fields.

– Walk into SeaWorld Florida's Coral Rescue Center, and the first thing you notice is the light - a deep, oceanic blue that washes over rows of tanks filled with some of the rarest coral on Earth.

Aquarists at EPCOT's The Seas with Nemo & Friends are rehabilitating 14 rescued sea turtles as part of a broader conservation mission that also includes manatee rehabilitation, butterfly tagging, and other wildlife programs largely hidden from public view.

A sub-adult loggerhead sea turtle named Wombat is back in the wild after spending three months recovering at the Marine Science Center in Volusia County.

– Chuck Gleichmann remembers when you could walk to the end of his dock along the Halifax River in Ormond-By-The-Sea and count the pebbles on the bottom. That was nearly 20 years ago. Today, he can't see his hand 6 inches below the water's surface.

Over the past year, Sea and Shoreline, in partnership with Conservation Florida and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, has planted 250,000 native eelgrass plants across a 50-acre stretch of the lake, a project that organizers say could have a ripple effect all the way to the Florida Everglades.

OCPS says it needs 50 more drivers, but staff warn the shortage is worse than reported