A promising development in an ongoing fish kill in the Florida Keys took an unfortunate turn this week when a sick endangered smalltooth sawfish died after having been rescued from the island chain’s waters and taken to Sarasota for rehabilitation. Scientists at Mote Marine Laboratory had to euthanize the shark-looking ray on Thursday because its […]
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Endangered smalltooth sawfish, marine creatures virtually unchanged for millions of years, are exhibiting erratic spinning behavior and dying in unusual numbers in Florida waters. Federal and state wildlife agencies are beginning an effort to rescue and rehabilitate sawfish to find out why. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced what […]
Q. I was with friends in a restaurant that had a stuffed swordfish on the wall. Someone said they are the fastest fish in the world. Someone also mentioned a sawfish, which I had never heard of. Are there different kinds of swordfish, are they really that fast and is there such a thing as […]