In the eight years since Jen Brown moved to Tampa Bay, she’s lived through a devastating red tide, back-to-back hurricanes ...

Estuaries are coastal water bodies where riverine fresh water meets sea water. The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a digital replica of the printed paper seven days a week that is available to read on ...

The motorboat came to a stop offshore of the heart of Fort DeSoto, in a spot where lush mangroves blocked Monday’s blustery winds. The untouched spot is a natural gem where a manatee and her calf ...

Sheila Scolaro, public outreach specialist with the Tampa Bay Estuary Program, collects a sample of algae in the shallows off Piney Point in this 2021 photo. [ DOUGLAS R. CLIFFORD | Times ] Max ...

Tampa Bay neighborhoods are quietly, and not so quietly, being rearranged by water. Higher tides and increasingly common ...

The park is surrounded by a body of water that bears its name. But parts of Tampa Bay have researchers looking for answers to a startling trend. The Tampa Bay Estuary Program is two years in on a five ...

Time could be running out for Florida and Manatee County officials to conserve some of the last unspoiled wetlands in Tampa Bay. Rattlesnake Key’s 671 acres of mangrove swamps and flatwoods are a ...

According to a new study, the Tampa Bay has lost thousands of acres of seagrass in only two years. “Tampa Bay has lost more than 4,000 acres, or 12% of its seagrasses. That’s a big deal!” That was ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Tampa Bay is the largest open water estuary in the state. The local non-profit Tampa Bay Waterkeeper is working hard to preserve and protect this watershed so that it can be ...