Underwater videographer and South Florida Adventures’ contributing photographer Anders Gustafsson of Boca Raton has a new video, Surprise Inside Jim Atria Wreck, playing online at www.hdivevideo.com.   According to Gustafsson, “This is a nice view of a wreck penetration dive as far in as you can go. If you are into wreck diving you’ll like [...]

Florida Keys Paddling Atlas (FalconGuides, $35), by South Florida Adventures’ contributors Bill and Mary Burnham, has won a National Outdoor Book Award in the category of outdoor adventure guidebook. On Nov. 13 the NOBA Foundation announced winners in 10 categories. Regarding the Burnhams’ book the judges wrote, “This is an exceptionally well-done sea kayaking guide [...]

Reefs for the Future is the next exhibit at Biscayne National Park’s Dante Fascell Visitor Center Gallery. The show features winning photographs from the 11th International Coral Reef Symposium Photography Contest. An opening reception, which included a talk by Biscayne National Park’s chief scientist Richard Curry on the state of the park’s reefs and efforts [...]

A 16-year-old boy was charged with killing a wild crocodile on the University of Miami’s campus in Coral Gables. The teen faces several charges, including cruelty to animals. The boy led police to the animal’s headless carcass, according to a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission statement. The American crocodile is an endangered species in [...]

Beginning Nov. 21 it is now illegal to break off pieces of elkhorn or staghorn coral off Broward and Palm Beach counties, according to a Sun Sentinel report. Violators face a fine up to $25,000 and six months in jail. The National Marine Fisheries Service led the rule change. It also includes damaging the coral [...]