Your Florida House and Senate representatives and Gov. Ron DeSantis need to know how you stand on this issue. Once lost, natural Florida will be gone.

See a forgotten side of Florida in one of its oldest state parks, where wildlife is in abundance, hiking trails are plentiful ...

I’ve explored the beaches and salt flats of the Talbots (Big and Little) … and Paynes Prairie and the Alachua ... I feel adopted as family by the birds, bugs, and the reptilian and mammalian ...

The main entrance to Paynes Prairie is located on US 441, just south of Gainesville. As you pull into the park, the first thing you’ll notice is how the noise of the highway quickly fades, replaced by ...

Each season brings different delights to Paynes Prairie. Spring erupts with wildflowers and baby animals, summer delivers dramatic thunderstorms rolling across the open expanse, fall welcomes ...

Harbert-Payne Park — A neighbor began transplanting native plants from her yard into the park over a decade ago, the start of efforts to transform the degraded wooded area of the park into a home for ...

One minute you don’t give a flying flip about birds, and then one day you look up and realize the bird feeder is empty.

Glacier-carved fields and ephemeral wetlands provide a crucial stopover for long-distance migrants and prolific breeding grounds for a wide variety of duck species and other waterfowl.

State of the Birds report found one-third of U.S. bird species are facing low population levels, declining trends or other threats.