During this week’s beachcombing survey along the Texas coast, I encountered something rare and exciting: Hundreds of red mangrove seeds scattered across the shoreline. These long, torpedo-shaped seeds, often around eight inches long, drift in from tropical regions and are designed by nature to float, searching for the right place to root and grow. Red mangroves (Rhizophora mangle) are iconic […]
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