Mike Plummer discovers the story of a family bond while seeking to find out why his co-worker's 90-year-old grandfather jumped out of a plane.
Originally published: March 18, 2021
Globalization, economic downturns, online shopping, pandemics…for small-town America, the hits just keep coming. Havana, Florida is one of those small towns toughing it out and refusing to give up. Through the 1950s and ’60s, Havana was rolling...
Creating the perfect sanctuary for Elephants in South Georgia isn't just about building a good fence. We go behind-the-scenes with Carol Buckley to see what she's doing to turn 850 acres in South Georgia into Elephant Refuge North...
Originally Published: November 9, 2017
Bruce Means and his fellow researchers at Florida State University have recently discovered that what was once considered a single species of salamander was at least five species. One of the new species is the...
Originally Published March 10, 2023
“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference”
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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...
Originally Published: December 17, 2020
WFSU's Mike Plummer shows us the fateful story of a World War II era B-17 bomber that crashed at Saint Marks on a summer day in 1944. The plane went down carrying...
Most of us know Dr. John Gorrie as the father of refrigeration. But there is surprisingly little other information about him out in the public sphere. Mike Plummer set out to learn more about the local legend.
When you think about bees, do you think about honeybees? Do you picture them black, yellow, and striped? In this video, we spoke with Dr. Rachel Mallinger from the University of Florida's Entomology and Nematology Department about the native...
