Wildlife in North Florida- Critters Big and Small

We have one hour on FAMU’s campus to observe as much wildlife as we can using iNaturalist. Our adventure leads us into a forest of invasive species.

To make Lake Elberta a better bird habitat, Apalachee Audubon is enhancing plant life here. What lessons can we take when creating our pollinator habitats?

Lake Elberta attracts a wealth of birds, from wood storks to migratory ducks and birds. Apalachee Audubon is enhancing this habitat further.

We get to know iNaturalist at L. Kirk Edwards WEA, a little known preserve in Tallahassee. Here, wet and dry habitats that teem with plant and animal life.

Two releases of striped newts into ephemeral wetlands in the Apalachicola National Forest show how this is an amphibian forged by fire.

Native Florida Gardening. Citizen Science. Seasonality. The WFSU EcoCitizen Project offers a few ways to become more actively engaged with nature.

We are one week away from unveiling the WFSU EcoCitizen Project.  Before we do, let’s…

We head to the John S. Phipps Preserve on Alligator Point at the start of fall migration. Guided by Audubon Florida, we spot visiting and local shorebirds.

In Panacea, Florida, the Gulf Specimen Marine Lab recovers after Hurricane Michael. Its life support systems need repair, and its research dock is wrecked.

We visit an animal that’s been on exhibit at the Tallahassee Museum for decades, but that hardly anyone has seen: the striped skunk.