Tall Timbers Research Station studies the family choices of a charismatic cooperative breeding bird– the brown-headed nuthatch.
Rob Diaz de Villegas
Rob Diaz de Villegas
Rob Diaz de Villegas is a senior producer for WFSU-TV, covering outdoors and ecology. After years of producing the music program OutLoud, Rob found himself in a salt marsh with a camera, and found a new professional calling as well. That project, the National Science Foundation funded "In the Grass, On the Reef," spawned the award winning WFSU Ecology Blog. Now he spends time exploring north Florida's forests, coasts, waterways, and the endlessly fascinating ecosystem that is the backyard garden. Rob is married with two young sons, who make a pretty fantastic adventure squad.
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Florida's CoastsSalt Marsh Ecology | In the GrassWildlife in North Florida- Critters Big and Small
Rail search: deep in the marsh, a firebird hides
Tall Timbers scours north Florida marshes for two fire dependent and very secretive bird species: black and yellow rails.
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LakesThe Red Hills of Florida & GeorgiaWildlife in North Florida- Critters Big and Small
Lake Jackson through the seasons— in photos
Lake Jackson is a dynamic water body. We track wildlife as seasons change and the lake dries and refills. Will update periodically.
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Longleaf Pine & Fire EcologyPlants- From Wildflowers to Longleaf Pine
In the longleaf ecosystem: more fire, more carbon stored?
Longleaf pine habitats burn, which releases carbon into the atmosphere. But might this ecosystem actually store carbon?
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Florida's CoastsOyster Reef Ecology | On the ReefSalt Marsh Ecology | In the GrassSeagrasses and Sand Flats
How to Protect Florida Coasts from Hurricane Storm Surge
The University of Miami SUSTAIN Lab combines engineering and ecology as it searches for ways to protect coasts from storm surge.
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In the GardenPollinators and Gardening
Backyard Blog 2023: Another year of stalking insects with a camera
Our Ecology Producer photographs his backyard ecosystem, witnessing seasons change through his plants and the insects that eat them.
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EcoAdventuresLakesThe Red Hills of Florida & GeorgiaWildlife in North Florida- Critters Big and Small
Is birding better at Lake Jackson when it’s dried down?
Lake Jackson has some of Leon County’s top birding hot spots. Some of the lake’s most diehard bird watchers show us why.
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A year of life and death struggles, mating, caterpillars, and several new pollinator visitors to the yard of WFSU’s Ecology producer.
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EcoAdventuresPlants- From Wildflowers to Longleaf PineThe Red Hills of Florida & Georgia
Timberlane Ravine: learn to love dead trees (and trillium!)
Tallahassee’s Timberlane Ravine Trail through the seasons- trilliums, funky mushrooms, hearts a bustin’, and the beauty of dead trees.
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In the GardenPollinators and GardeningWildlife in North Florida- Critters Big and Small
The strange and dangerous love lives of zebra longwing butterflies
Witness how zebra longwing caterpillars go crazy for passionvine, and how, as butterflies, go crazy for each other when it’s time to mate.