Salt Marsh Ecology | In the Grass

Tall Timbers scours north Florida marshes for two fire dependent and very secretive bird species: black and yellow rails.

The University of Miami SUSTAIN Lab combines engineering and ecology as it searches for ways to protect coasts from storm surge.

In Panacea, Florida, the Gulf Specimen Marine Lab recovers after Hurricane Michael. Its life support systems need repair, and its research dock is wrecked.

At Bald Point State State Park, we kayak by fishermen, oystermen, migratory ducks, and monarch butterflies- some of the best of natural north Florida.

New Ecology Blogger Jessie Mutz takes us back to the oyster reefs and seagrass beds of the Forgotten Coast with one of FSU’s newest biology faculty members.

Randall Hughes has wrapped her Saint Joseph Bay salt marsh research. What has she learned about diversity and the health and productivity of the ecosystem?

The WFSU Ecology blog gets a new look and the latest In the Grass, On the Reef documentary is now online.

A colder north Florida winter allows Dr. Randall Hughes a new glimpse into how mangroves survive northern Gulf marshes. And, Oyster Doctors airs on WFSU!

Kayak, Boat and Walking trips let viewers experience coastal ecosystems firsthand as we premiere our documentary: In the Grass, On the Reef: Oyster Doctors.

Octopi battle for food and a sea turtle tries to eat our camera at the Gulf Specimen Marine Lab, where coastal critters entertain and educate the public.