Pine View Middle School students took a trip on the wild side last week in order to learn more about biodiversity, water quality, habitats and animals through hands-on experiments and observation at Cross Bar Ranch in Spring Hill. ...more

April 1, 2009

Preserving the area's character was foremost on the minds of residents who gathered to discuss their community's future. ...more

March 30, 2009

In the South, scientists are at a disadvantage. There are no calving glaciers tumbling down mountainsides to warn of the dire consequences of climate change. ...more

March 9, 2009

Students in Seven Springs Middle School's Lead the Pack program learn a great deal about how the real world works by performing community service projects. Zoe Pappas and Danielle Kuehner had a big idea for their project but no clue on how to make it happen. So they employed a tried-and-true adage: go with what works. In this case, they turned to state Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey. ...more

January 31, 2009

Dusk descends quickly over the Celery Fields, and just as quickly the birders line up like paparazzi along Palmer Boulevard, their cameras trained on the shallow ponds immediately north. ...more

January 25, 2009

Slow Down For Cranes We live off Cross Creek Boulevard between Bruce B. Downs Blvd. and Morris Bridge Road. In the last month we have seen three dead sandhill cranes along the road. ...more

January 17, 2009

About half of the Tampa Bay area's count circles have logged the species they spotted in the most recent Christmas Day bird count. ...more

January 14, 2009

Two tall, gray sandhill cranes serve as the greeting committee at the entrance to Lake Dan Preserve, flanked on the west and north by Pinellas and Pasco counties. ...more

October 18, 2008

Sunlight glinted off Lake Pasadena as a warm breeze eased through Spanish moss hanging low on the surrounding oaks and sweet gum trees. ...more

October 12, 2008

Marousa Placiotis, a single mom with four home-schooled sons and two foster children, is living a dream of owning her own farm. ...more

September 3, 2008