Nature

Going Batty

With their uncanny ability to silently function in total darkness and hang out in creepy locales, it is no wonder that bats are the perfect icon for Halloween. Florida is home to 13 species—some common and some relatively rare. A…

Rescue, Redeem, and Restore

Shannon Carroll has milked her family cow, Winnie-the-Moo, every day for the past 10 years. She wakes up, sips her coffee, then begins the one-to-two-hour process of feeding more than 100 animals on her farm. Between bottle-feeding injured baby critters…

Farming by Phipps

Imagine a Saturday afternoon in early May, driving with the windows down up canopied North Meridian Road. You’ve taken your daily antihistamine, so you smell the sweet spring air with reckless abandon. The scent of basil, strawberries, and tomato leaf…