Mobile and Baldwin County News
Ridgeback sharks, including silky and dusky species, are more commonly found offshore than along Gulf Coast beaches, according to marine experts. The category takes its name from the prominent ridge…
Sandbar sharks are one of the most common shark species in the Gulf of Mexico, and for offshore fishermen working the waters south of Dauphin Island and the Alabama coast,…
The Dauphin Island Sea Lab got into the Halloween mood by sharing a video of one of its octopuses wrapping its tentacles around a skull — a fittingly spooky bit…
MOBILE, Ala. — The USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park will take part in Smithsonian Magazine’s Museum Day on Sept. 18, offering free admission to visitors who present a Museum Day…
A team of scientists organized through the Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant Consortium will lead an independent effort to estimate how many greater amberjack swim in U.S. waters of the Gulf of…
A tagging program run by CCA Alabama and University of South Alabama researchers is revealing new details about how speckled trout and redfish move through Mobile Bay, including one redfish…
A new study from the Dauphin Island Sea Lab is shining a light on how bridge and other in-water construction projects affect some of the Gulf Coast’s most vulnerable wildlife.…
The Dauphin Island Sea Lab has a new title: the Official Aquarium of Alabama. The Legislature passed the designation this week and sent House Bill 136 to Gov. Kay Ivey’s…
What Killed the Whale in Mobile Bay The Dauphin Island Sea Lab has released the results of the post-mortem exam of the sperm whale that stranded in Mobile Bay late…
DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. — The Dauphin Island Sea Lab announced that its Estuarium public aquarium would be closed until further notice, citing concerns for the health of the public and…