Author: Ellie Van Os

There is not a nature lover among us whose ears do not perk up at the sound of a drumming woodpecker.

Peninsular Florida’s position on the southeast coast of North America is an especially important location for migratory birds that fly south in winter and back north to breed in summer.

The Ladies of the Lagoon fund a collaborative study of the adaptive and elusive terrapin

Florida’s state marine mammal is no longer on the verge of extinction, but the work continues.

On Feb. 8, 2016, two North Atlantic right whales swam into Sebastian Inlet in spectacular fashion.

The relatively short glimpses we get of these cagey breeding birds reminds us that our residents are pretty special, too.

Seahorses are home to the exotic South Pacific seas, but some can even be found in our Indian River Lagoon.

For some people, squirrels evoke a warm fuzzy feeling similar to the feeling we get around puppies and kittens, but for others, squirrels arouse a stress reaction akin to dealing with marauding thieves. What is it about these bushy-tailed, big-eyed,…

Florida residents host the only stork species that breeds in the United States — the wood stork — and as such are more familiar with the real-life storybook legend

Introducing the purple martin, the largest of the North American swallows that migrates here not from the north to escape winter’s harsh conditions but from the south­.

The Florida scrub-jay is on the 2016 State of North America’s Birds’ Watch List, which includes bird species that are most at risk of extinction without significant conservation actions to reverse declines and reduce threats.