Barry Bockian of Fernandina Beach caught the alligator dubbed "Big Mama" ferrying one of her young ones along Ron Sapp Egans Creek Greenway this past week.

For the second year in a row, the first new moon of December brings the first right whale calf of the 2024-2025 season.  Right whale catalog #2413 “Nauset” and her calf were sighted …

Recently, I mentioned to a friend that I was preparing to write an article about pecans. My friend told me, “You surely are the only person I know who can turn the lowly pecan into an …

I always seem to get mixed up in things that go beyond my scope of work and this recent USAID Serbia biodiversity assessment was no exception. I had a capable team working with me, and we split into …

The Cumberland Island Museum is pleased to announce the transfer of its natural history collection to the National Park Service. The Cumberland Island Museum collection …

I’m here in Serbia now doing a biodiversity assessment for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and as usual, the field trip portions of this study are revealing …

Recently, I was strolling along the marina, admiring the yachts docked there, and I stopped by the Amelia River Cruises ticket office to say hello. Kevin McCarthy’s granddaughter was minding …

It’s that great time of year again! It’s time to get out of our air-conditioned homes and take a walk on the Ron Sapp Egans Creek Greenway. Now that the weather has cooled, the storms …

There are lots of birds on the Ron Sapp Egans Creek Greenway year-round and now, with the weather becoming cooler, it’s a great time to look for them.

In Mexico, thousands of people gather to celebrate the arrival of the migrating monarch butterflies each fall on Nov. 1. The monarch butterfly migration also coincides with “Dia de los Muertos …

Just about everyone I know has a raccoon story. These clever and adaptable mammals roam freely among us, mostly at night where the only sign of their antics is a knocked-over trash can and maybe a …

On the morning of the October Hunter’s Moon supermoon (Oct. 17) I started down the driveway with my dog for a walk. As we made our way toward the street, I noticed a few dried earthworms on the …

I can’t recall any evening show I watched with friends that was better than this. Three longtime gal friends of mine, now scattered around the country, met with me for a week of nature and …

When I was a teenager, one of my favorite hobbies was making macrame cord necklaces following a helix spiral pattern. Decades later, I still make spiral decorative macrame necklaces. I add spiral-shaped moon snail shells …

OK, those who follow my stories know that Bucko is not a big fan of celebrations, cities, and social gatherings but I am always up for anything. And when it comes to our shared anniversaries, I am …

Some of you already know my fascination with river otters. For a few decades, international conservation of otters was a cornerstone of my career, and otters were the love of my life, only surpassed by Bucko …

Several years ago, the city of Fernandina Beach, with assistance from the North Florida Land Trust, purchased a 5-acre conservation parcel not far from the Ron Sapp Egans Creek Greenway. And recently, a herd of goats were called in to help maintain the conservation land.

The St. Marys Riverkeeper is proud to announce a sneak peek of a short documentary about federally endangered Atlantic sturgeon in the St. Marys River. The premiere will take place at the annual …

Bucko and I have been returning to Placencia, Belize, again and again for two-week stretches three or four times a year. The same room in a small beachside hotel is like a second home for us without …

In 1935, the Afro-American Life Insurance Co., Florida’s first life insurance company, built American Beach on the south end of Amelia Island. A.L. Lewis, founder of the Afro-American Life …