Chloe Thompson is a ninth-grader at SAIL High School in Tallahassee. Chloe is WFSU's Ecology intern for the spring of 2021, and she is tasked with helping Apalachee Audubon in their many projects at Lake Elberta. One of her...
WFSU's Zach Hunter joins park rangers and Monarch experts Scott Davis, Richard RuBino, and David Cook on an early morning expedition in search of Monarch butterflies at the St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge. We'll learn a little bit about...
We learn how a Geographical Information System (or GIS) is being used to help share the history of Tallahassee and Leon County with our community.
Two releases of striped newts into ephemeral wetlands in the Apalachicola National Forest show how this is an amphibian forged by fire. These ephemeral wetlands drain and fill with the underlying aquifer. The amphibians that live within...
In the 1870s, Cebe Tate pursued a panther into a swamp that would become his personal hell. Today, Tate's Hell has an important relationship to the Apalachicola Bay estuary, and offers many recreational opportunities. Read...
It has been a hard four years for the Apalachicola Bay oyster fishery. Crippled by extreme droughts in 2011 and 2012, it was in need of extensive restoration. As drought appears to be affecting the Apalachicola River...
After 30 years, local biologist Bruce Means' has completed his final adventure in the tepuis (table-top mountains) of the Guyana Shield. Home to rare and endemic frogs, lizards, and snakes, Means has found several species new to science here,...
We look at the various layers that go into making a "compost lasagna" and how Turkey Hill Farm works with a local seafood restaurant to turn leftover kitchen scraps into the perfect addition to his soil. More at wfsu.org/ecologyblog.
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Our awareness of Nature is growing. As we discover its role in our modern world and realize its true value, action is being taken to protect and restore it. This story is told by inspiring contributors who reveal the...
