Something strange is happening in the Florida Keys. Fish of different species are spinning in circles, unable to control ...

Although the outbreak has affected other fish species including tarpon, snook, redfish, and sharks, fisheries managers are especially worried about the loss of smalltooth sawfish, an endangered ...

Fish are spinning instead of swimming in the Florida Keys — and no, that’s not normal. This phenomenon has been reported in 50 kinds of fish since the autumn months of 2023, but the smalltooth ...

March 29 (UPI) --Scientists in the Florida Keys are scrambling to find out the cause of dozens of fish species spinning in the water and dying.Hundreds of fish, including the endangered smalltooth ...

Dozens of Florida Keys fish species have grown sick in an oddly specific way since November of 2023. Scientists are continuing to rule out what it could be, and will soon test the toxin ciguatera ...

Smalltooth sawfish are an endangered species that once lived from Texas to North Carolina. They are almost exclusively found in Florida. Since Jan. 30, 2024, 17 have been found dead in the Florida ...

A mysterious ailment causing fish in the Florida Keys to spin in circles has touched off a frantic race to find the cause and save an endangered species before it’s too late. Eight months into ...

Dead sawfish washed up on beaches in the Florida Keys last year during a bizarre event where dozens of fish species began exhibiting an odd spinning behavior. Now, sawfish and others are starting ...

Endangered fish are dying in droves by throwing themselves — “whirling and spinning” — onto the beaches of South Florida, leaving experts mystified. Dozens of smalltooth sawfish have been ...

Florida Keys fish kill has scientists, fisherman concerned, probing for causes. David Goodhue. ... placed on the Endangered Species List in 2003 due to being killed in commercial fishing nets: ...