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Back in 2018 at the height of the red tide outbreak, WGCU reported on dead birds falling from the sky in Collier and Lee counties. Now, The Conservancy of Southwest Florida, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, and Audubon Florida have concluded that those Common and Sandwich Terns died from diseases related to red tide blooms.

On today’s program we’ll meet two of the authors of From Field to Feast, a new book from the University Press of Florida celebrating the state’s…

Southwest Florida writer Karna Small Bodman spent much of her career in the White House – first as Deputy Press Secretary and later as Senior Director of…

News-Press columnist Melanie Payne is best known for her role as the paper’s consumer watchdog investigating unscrupulous business practices and the…

It’s no news that Florida is full of creepy crawly critters. Fortunately most stay out of sight. But not always. This week News Press storyteller Amy…

Last month News-Press storyteller Amy Bennett Williams brought us an essay lamenting the temporary loss of her olfactory senses and all the great…

Showing up for jury service, while an important civic duty, often involves staving off boredom while waiting for one’s name to be called. News-Press story…

Barbara Oehlbeck was a noted Glades County writer, horticulturalist and champion of Florida’s often underappreciated state tree, the Sabal Palm. Upon…

Our world can feel like a very different place under the cover of night. And away from the light pollution at the rural Alva homestead of News-Press…

Artist Maybelle Stamper is among the cast of colorful characters that make up Southwest Florida’s history. Stamper was something of a loner, making…