One of the rarest butterflies in the country, the Schaus’ Swallowtail Butterfly, is benefitting from an event many people dread. A new study from the Florida Museum of Natural History shows hurricanes ...

Biologists deposited caterpillars of the rare frosted elfin butterfly on its host plant, the sundial lupine, in north Florida. Photo from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ...

A very rare and endangered type of butterfly called Schaus’ swallowtail lives only in far South Florida, where its survival is linked to an unexpected weather twist. Scientists looking at 35 years of ...

Sarasota is a city of arrivals. Spring breakers flood our quartz-sand beaches, the return of the rainy season promises summer blooms, and snowbirds reappear with the first breezy whisper of mild winter.

Year in Review Update Paige Carbon reported on December 22, 2025, that as of that day she was at 87 birds for her Florida bird count. During the weekend befo ...

Biologists waded through knee-high vegetation in Florida until they reached a spot where purple flowers grew in cone-like formations — then the team got out the glow-in-the dark caterpillars. The ...