Let this sink in — a dangerous, salt-obsessed bacterium is wreaking havoc along the Gulf Coast. Several dozen cases of Vibrio vulnificus and nine deaths have been reported so far this year across Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina, Alabama and Mississippi. The rod-shaped bacterium lurks in warm, brackish waters — it can enter your body when … Read more
Beach, please. As if the Hamptons needed any more hype. With Memorial Day Weekend right around the corner, a couple of Long Island hot spots were ranked No. 1 and No. 5 on the list of the top 10 beaches in the U.S. for 2025 — just as a neighboring beach was identified as a … Read more
Dr. Laurie Levermann Coker usually walks the South Padre Island coast looking for shells and other gifts from the Gulf of Mexico. Recently, however, she found a new treasure: a message in a bottle. Coker said she often walks along the beach with her two dogs, Ola – which means wave in Spanish – and … Read more
Eight people along the Florida coast are lucky to be alive after their 28-foot boat sank in the Gulf of Mexico, triggering a crew from the Coast Guard to perform an aerial rescue operation. The Coast Guard said the incident happened Saturday about 40 miles west of Southwest Florida. Rescuers originally received a distress call about the … Read more
Sink your teeth into this bit of news. Sharks may be more useful than meteorologists when it comes to long-term hurricane forecasting, experts say — and the clues can be found in their migration patterns. Like dogs and birds before a thunderstorm, sharks who smell trouble will typically move en masse into deeper waters weeks in … Read more
Sea you later alligator! A tourist’s seaside getaway turned into a scene from a SyFy horror movie when they spotted an enormous alligator swimming in the ocean off an Alabama island over the weekend. Footage and images of the freshwater reptile’s estuarine excursion are currently making a splash on Facebook. “It’s not every day something … Read more