WILD THINGS: UNEXPECTED EVOLUTIONS AND THE SNAIL KITE
The road to Flamingo in Everglades National Park is long and not particularly winding. Driving it some days, it feels like you could bungee...
KEY WEST PREPARES TO GET LOUD & PROUD
Key West’s Sea-to-Sea Rainbow Flag stretched along the 1.25-mile length of Duval Street in June 2003, weighed 6,000 pounds and involved 2,000 volunteers to...
NEW DATA SHOWS CORAL REEF WEAKENS HURRICANE WAVES
As the new hurricane season rolls in on Thursday, June 1, residents of the Florida Keys will likely remember Hurricane Ian, a Category 4...
A NEW FLIGHT: INJURED OSPREY FINDS NEW HOME IN NEW YORK’S MONROE COUNTY
A young osprey once flew the skies above the Florida Keys. An injury, however, grounded the bird for a time until a rescue and...
WILD THINGS: FAVORITES, AND THE LACK OF THEM
I was having a nice conversation with someone at a party the other night when she stumped me with a very simple question: What’s...
WILDLIFE OF THE GALAPAGOS ISLANDS KICKSTARTS COLLEGE’S 2025 LECTURE SERIES
The College of the Florida Keys will open its 2025 VIP Series with back-to-back presentations on Wednesday, Jan. 15 at 7 p.m. at CFK’s...
RARE PYGMY WHALE STRANDED OFF THE FLORIDA KEYS DIES FROM ITS INJURIES
Marine mammal responders mobilized for the report of a stranded dolphin off Long Key State Park on Jan. 12. What they found upon arrival...
CONSTRUCTION WORKER’S PASSION FOR BUTTERFLIES TAKES FLIGHT
It was about eight months ago when construction worker Jeff Smith stumbled upon something in his garden that would quickly become his passion.
"It was...
BIRD FLU CONCERN SPELL TROUBLE FOR MIGRATORY GROUPS FLYING OVER THE KEYS
We have been hearing a lot about avian influenza, or H5N1, and the price of eggs in the news recently. It got me thinking:...
TRICIA KEFFER EDUCATES LOCALS ON ‘FOOD TRUCKS’ FOR MIGRATING BIRDS
Have you ever wondered how birds feed along their migration trail? I had this conversation with my husband a few months before meeting Tricia...
