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Sea Turtles: Diving with the Ocean’s Ancient Mariners

12 Aug, by Walt Stearns in Marine Life, Sea Turtles

The nickname Ancient Mariner is a fitting name for sea turtles, as the ones we see today are surviving relics from our ocean’s prehistoric past. Remarkably adapted to an almost complete aquatic existence, these marine reptiles actually emerged from a marsh-dwelling ancestor some 150 million years...

An example of predator and prey, a group of greater barracuda passes by a some porkfish staying close to a barrel sponge on a reef in the Palm Beaches.

Introduction to Palm Beach Coast Reefs

28 Jul, by PBCDA in Our Reefs, Reefs & Wrecks

The bottom topography along the Palm Beach coast is quite different from most places in the Caribbean or the Florida Keys. Instead of spur and groove formations built from living corals, Palm Beach reefs are comprised of ancient limestone. Varying in height from 3 to as...