seagrass
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Florida Manatees Are Starving En Masse. Conservation Groups Want Them Back on Endangered List
Environmental groups launched a petition on Monday to once again list manatees as endangered, as hundreds of the beloved sea cows die from starvation.
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Everyone Say Hi to the World’s Largest Plant, a 180km-Long Monster in WA
Next time you go diving or snorkelling, have a close look at those wondrously long, bright green ribbons, waving with the ebb and flow of water. They are seagrasses – marine plants which produce flowers, fruit, and seedlings annually, like their land-based relatives. These underwater seagrass meadows grow in two ways: by sexual reproduction, which…