Red Tide

Toxic Algae Transforms Australia’s Coral Reefs into Graveyards

07/30/2025

Greetings to you! Stunned by rotting razer clams, ecologist Scott Bennett saw hundreds upon hundreds of them in South Australia. He said, “100% of them were dead and wasting away on the bottom.” It’s been since March of this year, a destructive algal bloom, brought...

Cautious News for the Possible Increase in Florida Manatee Population?

01/17/2019

Manatees at Three Sister Springs Stay warm as Gulf of Mexico cools down for the winter. FWC Photo Greetings! In this blog, I have both good news and bad news for you. The good news is that a new study from biologists...

Manatee Facts – Quiz 5

10/29/2018

Greetings! This blog is a continuation on the unique Florida manatee (yours truly). This is the fifth installment in a series of quizzes to test your awesome manatee knowledge! Just select your answer from each of the choices under the question. You’ll...

Red Tide Invades Florida’s East Coast!

10/08/2018

Red Tide Invades Florida’s East Coast from Miami to West Palm Beach with beach closures. Greetings! There’s been a deadly red tide bloom on Florida’s west coast all of this past spring and summer. In 2017, the FWC blamed 67 manatee deaths...

Worst Red Tide Bloom in Over a Decade Destroys Marine Mammals – Wipes Out Marine Life!

08/08/2018

Florida Fish and Wildlife officials rescue manatee in distress from devastating Red Tide. (Photo/Susan Smart/Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission) Greetings! You’ve probably heard me talk about how we manatees have “no enemies.” Well – that’s right; alligators, sharks, and all marine life...

Red Tide – A Manatee’s Unfortunate Reality

06/13/2018

Harmful algal blooms known as HABs become present when groups of algae known as Karenia brevis grow out of control producing toxic effects on manatees (marine mammals), people, fish, shellfish and birds. These HABs are also known as Red Tide because of...