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Manatee Awareness Month Begins—Watch Speeds, Watch for Whiskers

Cold Front, Warm Hearts: Manatees Begin Their W...

Donna Recor

Gentle giants are on the move. As the first cold snaps arrive, Florida’s manatees gather at warm springs and viewing centers. Here’s where to see them—plus slow-zone tips and how...

Cold Front, Warm Hearts: Manatees Begin Their W...

Donna Recor

Gentle giants are on the move. As the first cold snaps arrive, Florida’s manatees gather at warm springs and viewing centers. Here’s where to see them—plus slow-zone tips and how...

Night Cactus over the ocean

Moonlit Bloom, Morning Treasure

Donna Recor

Night work makes morning magic. A dragon-fruit cactus blooms in secret while tides redraw the shoreline—leaving fresh shell lines, burrows, and tiny fossil clues to follow at dawn.

Moonlit Bloom, Morning Treasure

Donna Recor

Night work makes morning magic. A dragon-fruit cactus blooms in secret while tides redraw the shoreline—leaving fresh shell lines, burrows, and tiny fossil clues to follow at dawn.

Horseshoe Crab

Horseshoe Crabs - Ancient Neighbors, Modern News

Donna Recor

“Ancient Neighbors, Modern News” — Along our Gulf, horseshoe crabs still shuffle in with the moon, laying eggs that feed hungry travelers like red knots.

Horseshoe Crabs - Ancient Neighbors, Modern News

Donna Recor

“Ancient Neighbors, Modern News” — Along our Gulf, horseshoe crabs still shuffle in with the moon, laying eggs that feed hungry travelers like red knots.

Sunday Fun Day: Four Little Wonders from Our Gulf

Sunday Fun Day: Four Little Wonders from Our Gulf

Donna Recor

Sunday Ocean Colors in Venice — Reef, Whale, Seagrass, Shells. A bright, feel-good Sunday wander through our Gulf—sunrise reef, whale & dapper shark, seagrass meadows, and shell treasures.

Sunday Fun Day: Four Little Wonders from Our Gulf

Donna Recor

Sunday Ocean Colors in Venice — Reef, Whale, Seagrass, Shells. A bright, feel-good Sunday wander through our Gulf—sunrise reef, whale & dapper shark, seagrass meadows, and shell treasures.

Ghost shrimp chimneys, clam “keyholes,” crab burrows—and what they tell you about the beach.

What Are Those Little Holes in the Sand?

Donna Recor

What Are Those Little Holes in the Sand? Ghost shrimp chimneys, clam “keyholes,” crab burrows—and what they tell you about the beach.

What Are Those Little Holes in the Sand?

Donna Recor

What Are Those Little Holes in the Sand? Ghost shrimp chimneys, clam “keyholes,” crab burrows—and what they tell you about the beach.

Halloween origins graphic showing a pumpkin lantern and bullets summarizing Samhain, All Hallows’/All Souls’, and the turnip-to-pumpkin jack-o’-lantern shift.

Halloween’s Many Roots — From Samhain Fires to ...

Donna Recor

Halloween’s Many Roots — From Samhain Fires to All Hallows’ Light

Halloween’s Many Roots — From Samhain Fires to ...

Donna Recor

Halloween’s Many Roots — From Samhain Fires to All Hallows’ Light