Wildlife in North Florida- Critters Big and Small

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.

We watch two snowy plover chicks get banded at Deer Lake. Shorebird banding has uncovered valuable information about species affected by habitat loss.

We head to the “snowy plover factory” on St. Joseph Peninsula. North Florida’s well protected, natural beaches are a haven for threatened shorebird species.

At a critical time for the wild red wolf population in North Carolina, some of the Tallahassee Museum’s red wolves are leaving us.

We travel to a place in the Apalachicola National Forest called Ant Heaven. Here, a novel research method sheds light on the underground lives of ants.

Watch the Tallahassee Museum’s reclusive red wolf puppies as they grow during their first year, and keep their wild instincts in captivity.