Florida International University Search Researchers work to bring Biscayne Bay back from the brink FIU's Institute of Environment has put every resource toward saving South Florida’s endangered coastal waterway May 7, 2021 at 11:00am At the southern end of Biscayne Bay, FIU Institute of Environment researcher Piero Gardinali is slicing through the water. A triathlete, Gardinali is used to seeing kayakers and jet skiers zip by him on the surface as he swims toward the Miami Seaquarium. On the shore, sunbathers relax and others play catch with their dogs. Beneath the water, seagrasses sway as if dancing to a beat. Fish, stingrays and even lobsters wander by.