Lahai Turay carries metal squares used to measure the density of seagrass while others record data in the shallow water off Sei island. (Guy Peterson for The Washington Post) Warning: This graphic ...

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 ...

The state’s latest survey of seagrass in Gulf Coast Florida waters has good news for the Bradenton area, where the vital marine plant is rebounding for the first time in years. Scientists use ...