Part of our job at Extension is to help enhance science literacy. Often we write about natural history topics of interest to community that focus on interesting wildlife or an environmental issue or on topic we think the public should know ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources, Water
Pensacola Bay has long been a sailor’s dream—a deep water port with easy access to the Gulf of Mexico. It was literally put on the map for this reason, and from the 17th to 19th centuries, was an international hub for shipping local ... READ MORE
Category: Natural Resources
Mangroves in the northern Gulf of Mexico are a relatively new thing for most coastal counties. Some residents are aware they are arriving and are not concerned. Some are aware and are actually excited about it. Some are aware and are concerned. ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources
Sea turtles are what biologists like to call “charismatic megafauna”—a jargony way to describe large, easily identifiable wildlife that draw a lot of interest. Like tigers, polar bears, and pandas, sea turtles are fascinating ambassadors ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources, Wildlife
It has been a few months since we have posted an article on the changing wildlife over the course of a year on our barrier islands. I took the month of June off and just could not schedule a hike in July. But it is now August, and we DID ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources
One of the realities of any sort of environmental or quasi-governmental work is learning all the acronyms. EPA , FDEP, FWC, UF IFAS—it’s always an alphabet soup of organizations. Today, I introduce the “PPBEP CCMP,” which stands ... READ MORE
Category: Natural ResourcesMost of you – okay… ALL of you who read this column like the outdoors. Some like it for its peace and beauty, some for recreation opportunities, some like it for both. One activity I have found many enjoy is seeking creatures from a ... READ MORE
Category: Natural Resources, Wildlife
When I joined Florida Sea Grant in 2012 my advisory committee told me water quality was one of their major concerns. Makes sense really. Some members were from the tourism and boating industry. Some were from commercial and recreational ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources
I usually reserve these blogs for natural phenomena of some sort—an insect, a plant, wildlife, or some ecological concept. But this fall, several colleagues and I are teaching a series of classes and I wanted to share that information. Registration ... READ MORE
Category: Natural ResourcesThis is an amazing animal – the horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus). A relic of an age before the dinosaurs, they have been plowing the sediments of our marine and estuarine waters for over 400 million years. They are thick ... READ MORE
Category: Coasts & Marine, Natural Resources