The goliath grouper is a giant fish that can be found in Florida waters. In the '70s and '80s, it was severely overfished, which led to regulations making it illegal to harvest. Following is a ...

This story appears in the July 2014 issue of National Geographic magazine. Off the coast of southwest Florida, a hundred feet below the water’s surface, a whump rolls through the sea. Another ...

Protection of endangered species and no-take zones in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary have allowed some big fish, including the endangered goliath grouper, to begin a comeback.

An automated tag mounted on the Goliath grouper’s dorsal fin, recorded videos, sound and fish motion simultaneously, providing a window into the fish’s life.

according to the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute. Goliath grouper are vulnerable when the water temperature is below 59 degrees, which it dipped to in South Florida in 2010. The air ...