The unassuming plant, so critical to maintaining Florida’s shoreline, is in high demand after hurricanes Ian and Idalia. This is its life story. Jack Evans is a former reporter covering Pinellas ...

ALLENTOWN, Fla. -- Thousands of sea oats, so vital for preventing coastal erosion, are being raised in this rural Florida Panhandle community more than 30 miles from the nearest beach and without a ...

FORT LAUDERDALE — As part of the Football Unites Captains Program, 60 South Florida high school students joined the Miami Dolphins for a day at the beach to plant sea oats. "With all the hurricanes ...

ARCADIA, Fla. — From eye level, the wisps of green emerging from sand dunes up and down Pinellas County’s barrier islands look sparse, stubby, almost tentative as they peek at the sun. Below the ...