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New species added: Cane toad (Rhinella marina)

Species are in alphabetical order and have an IUCN classification of “Least Concern” unless noted. Species and subspecies are identified by two- and three-word scientific names, respectively. [...]

December 12, 2015 Nature & Wildlife, Photo, Travel & Culture

‘I’m No Hero. The Heroes Are Still There.’

— The Sirius station devoted to Frank Sinatra croons in the dark house — the lamps are set to switch on at other times — that stands along a dirt road in rural Levy County. “Make it one for my baby,” [...]

October 13, 2015 History, Journalism/Communications

Developing an Eye for Detail with Art and Science

On the first day of class, Paula Trepman is skeptical. Before her is Thomas E. Hill’s 1878 painting Palo Alto Spring, depicting a get-together of the affluent Stanford family on its farm, the future site of the university bearing the family’s [...]

October 8, 2015 Health, Music & Arts

From support role, vet saw joys and horrors of World War II

— Bob Overton and three other members of the 217th Military Police Company settle down for the night in a hotel lounge just over the German border. Behind them: the 10-months-long trail of bloodshed that expelled Nazi power from France and the Low Countries. Suddenly, two [...]

July 9, 2015 History, Journalism/Communications

Saving Florida’s Water: As struggles deepen, opportunities abound to ensure future for our rivers and springs

— When Getzen Fowler started working maintenance at Poe Springs in 1951 for 23 cents an hour, it was vastly different than today. The park, then privately owned, had a boardwalk, a concession stand, changing houses and diving boards, said [...]

May 5, 2015 Journalism/Communications, Nature & Wildlife, Photo, Travel & Culture

Stephen King Quotes: My top 10 blueberries from ‘On Writing’

Photo of my copy — I recently wrapped up Stephen King’s 2001 “memoir of the craft” (better late than never, freshman English class.). In On Writing, the horror master offers the inside scoop about himself, how he climbed the ladder to literary [...]

April 28, 2015 Music & Arts, Reflections