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Eight green sea turtles were released back into the Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday, nearly a month after an arctic blast brought a ...

The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating after tar balls were seen washed up on southeast Florida beaches. The substances were ...

Red tide is still bloom along the Florida Gulf coast, but Sarasota and Manatee County beaches are currently in the clear. Satellite images published by the National Centers for Coastal Ocean ...

Bodycam footage shared by the Volusia Sheriff's Office shows officers trying to rescue a huge ocean sunfish stuck on the ...

Deputies from the Volusia Sheriff's Office assisted a Mola Mola fish stuck on a Florida beach, hauling the 5,000-lb. fish to deeper water ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard has been searching for tar balls that began showing up on South Florida beaches over the weekend, but so far the source of the black muck ...

Over the weekend, something unusual washed up along South Florida beaches. The United States Coast Guard spent this past weekend investigating reports of tar balls from Lake Worth Beach to Boynton ...

Yet that’s exactly what one Florida deputy did ... “to take over all law enforcement duties on beaches.” Mola mola, also known as ocean sunfish, “are the world’s largest bony fish ...

The Miami Sector Coast Guard confirmed there are tar balls at several South Florida Beaches. So far, the Coast Guard has confirmed sightings at Ft. Lauderdale Beach, Pompano, and Deerfield Beach. The ...