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...
Chloe Thompson is a ninth grader at SAIL High School in Tallahassee. Chloe is our WFSU Ecology intern for the spring of 2021, and she is tasked with helping Apalachee Audubon in their many projects at Lake Elberta. One...
On December 3rd of 2016, the Suncoast Regional Emmy Awards was held in Orlando, Florida. In this clip, the Tallahassee music group, Belle and the Band (Kathryn Belle, Kevin Robertson, Mickey Abraham, Mike Snelling) win the award for Best...
In 2019, the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension organized the first ever Great Georgia Pollinator Census. Citizen scientists from across the state counted pollinators such as butterflies, bees, wasps, and flies, and other insects (everything from praying mantises to...
"Drifting came about, I think at a period where I just felt, ultimately like I didn't know- I was very unsure of the direction I was in." songwriter Jake Dane said. Wolf and Witness...
This story originally aired back in 2019. That April, WFSU Public Media hosted a special American Spring Live/EcoCitizen Day. Activities focused on how to participate in Citizen Science. We partnered with many local organizations to make...
I was looking out at a Category 5 hurricane, and not for the first time. But unlike during Hurricane Andrew, over thirty years ago, this time the glass didn’t break. I was visiting the University of Miami’s SUSTAIN Lab,...
North Florida's Gulf Coast is rich in seafood and stories about life on and near the water. Some of our most creative community members enjoy turning those stories into song. One such local musician is Brian Bowen. Sitting in...
By the Choctawhatchee River, we hike through a recently burned longleaf forest and cross a swamp with dedicated trail volunteers. This new section of trail features a scenic boardwalk and a forest in the process of being restored...
Betty Proctor has turned her Obsessions Gift Shop into a place where art gets a different type of spin.
