We venture into floodplain swamps with the new Apalachicola Riverkeeper, mucking around to find the connection between tupelo trees and Apalachicola Bay. Georgia Ackerman took over as Apalachicola RIverkeeper in January of 2018. The retired Riverkeeper, Dan...
Snowy plovers are a threatened species for one simple reason: humans love beaches. They lost significant habitat as coasts filled with hotels, condos, and restaurants. North Florida, however, has large tracts of protected coastline, which is why plovers have...
Striped skunks are nocturnal animals that sleep in dens during daylight hours. But they are omnivorous, and highly adaptable, so they live easily in places where humans have altered the landscape. So while we never see them, they are...
Velma Frye has led a life of music—From performing on WFSU's ‘Studio-A' to singing on the radio to composing her own scores—She's done it all! Robbie Gaffney sits down with her to see how she started and what she's...
Smokey Hollow was an African-American community a few blocks east of the state capitol building from reconstruction through the days of segregation. Urban renewal brought the demise of the neighborhood in the 1960’s. Today a memoriam marks its existence...
Don't call it LARPing! These SCA fighters are historically reenacting the medieval ages! They craft their own knightly armor, weave their own clothes, and string their own bows. Tournaments are decided by strength and the weight of one's honor...
Tallahassee's skateboard scene is booming with possibility for those who love to shred at the Mike Blankenship Skate Park. We talk with skateboarders Jerry Yates and Nolan Blanchard along with Phaze One owner Orlando “Orly” Vazquez.
A few weeks ago, we met Jeffrey Shanks and Dr. Michael Russo, archeologists working with the Southeast Archeological Center. They've been excavating sites in the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, where culture groups known as Swift Creek and...
Linda Hall is a mixed media artist who works with all kinds of media; gouache, papier mache, and things she finds like old fabric and quilts. WFSU's Mike Plummer visits her studio to find out about her wide...
Dr. Walter Tschinkel has developed a novel way to explore ant nests. We travel with him to the Apalachicola National Forest for a brand of research that creates works of art (in collaboration with the ants themselves).
