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Even for longtime Southwest Florida residents with plenty of knowledge about our region’s wild spaces and their vast array of flora and fauna, there are…

The holidays are upon us and folks are already hard at work putting up festive light displays and decorating homes. Southwest Florida flora can provide…

Any long-time reader or listener of News-Press storyteller Amy Bennett Williams knows that her rural Alva homestead contains a motley mix of animals…

In his seminal work, “The Immense Journey,” author and anthropologist Loren Eiseley penned the often cited quote: “If there is magic on this planet, it is…

Florida is home to turkey vultures and black vultures, both of which are a common site in our skyscape riding a wind updraft in search of carrion it can…

A new year is almost upon us. For many it’s a time of retrospection and reevaluation that so often leads the tradition of making new year’s resolutions.…

As the dust settles on Tuesday’s election, join the conversation with our panel of experts for a look at Florida’s role in deciding the winner of the U.S.…

For the Japanese, Christmastime means sponge cake. But a nationwide butter shortage has led to mandatory butter rationing, forcing cake bakers to seek out substitutes.

Ashley Lopez is a reporter forWGCUNews. A native of Miami, she graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a journalism degree.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will close all of its campgrounds and parks along the Okeechobee Waterway tomorrow (10/9/13) at 12:00pm. It says it can…