The Florida Museum of Natural History is looking for your help to track two species of native bee that you’ll probably hear before you see. Southeastern plasterer bees live in scrub, pineland, and sandhill habitats; adjacent open areas; and along roadsides ..read more

Over the years as a journalist Craig Pittman has had the opportunity to write about some of Florida’s most interesting characters and the wild stories they tend to star in. He’s also the author of a number of non-fiction books, including his latest “The State You’re In: Florida Men, Florida Women, and Other Wildlife.” He joins us to talk about the new book, and his work documenting Florida’s weirdness, or shall we say its distinctiveness ..read more

Governor Ron DeSantis and Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody announced a series of actions, Sept. 28, aimed at mitigating impacts of migrants seeking entry into the U.S. from the Southern border being resettled in the sunshine state. We’ll take a closer look at the situation with Fort Myers-based immigration attorney Indera DeMine and FGCU Law Professor and attorney Pamella Seay, whose expertise includes immigration and constitutional law ..read more

Julie DiCaro talks about her fascinating book SIDELINED: SPORTS, CULTURE, AND BEING A WOMAN IN AMERICA ..read more

Wildlife biologist Dr. Jerry Jackson explains why the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker is now extinct ..read more

The 2021 MacArthur Fellows were recently announced and the list of recipients of the so-called “Genius Grant” include Desmond Meade, President of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition which spearheaded the 2018 Amendment 4 ballot initiative. Its successful passage led to the largest expansion of voting rights in the U.S. in 50 years. We’re revisiting a conversation we had with Mr. Meade about his book “Let My People Vote: My Battle to Restore the Civil Rights of Returning Citizens ..read more

Calusa Waterkeeper has announced a new Executive Director. Learn more about Trisha Botty and her plans to continue advocating for improved water quality in our region ..read more

Explore famous examples of women who traveled the globe as botanical researchers, illustrators, writers, and educators ..read more

Get the latest updates on some of the major Everglades restoration projects underway, and still on the drawing board, here in South Florida ..read more

The long and winding history of the sugar industry in the United States is complicated to say the least. We talk with the author of the new book “On the Knife: A History of Sugar in Florida” which distills that story into a narrative of the experimentation and entrepreneurship, and the politics and money, that has led to the modern sugar industry as we know it today ..read more