When the tide is low, the Tampa Bay Watch group is on patrol, on a mission to remove derelict crab and fish traps from waters of Tampa Bay, hoping to save marine life. ...more

February 18, 2008

Hank Kowalski's letter "Live and Let Live" is the most disgusting chain of thought I ever read. A dangerous rattlesnake that large is more important than a child, dog or cat. Yes, cats kill birds, but we should not mess with Mother Nature. If a large, dangerous snake appears anywhere near me, I will do exactly what the two heroes did and sleep well that night. ...more

February 14, 2008

Does the new bio-fuel plant they want to build in Venus use magic to turn sweet sorghum into ethanol? According to Bradley Krohn, this proposed plant will discharge "zero waste," make no noise, have no odor, use zero fossil fuels, and won't even discharge effluent from the bathrooms. Beware, if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. ...more

February 14, 2008

Pressured by Congress to release by year's end information collected on air safety from thousands of pilots, NASA played a trick on everyone. ...more

January 4, 2008

A male Grevy's zebra was born Dec. 27 at Busch Gardens. The foal was able to run with the rest of the herd within an hour of its birth, according to park officials. ...more

January 4, 2008

TAMPA - Busch Gardens welcomed its newest addition on Dec. 27, a male Grevy's zebra. The foal was able to run with the rest of the herd within an hour of its birth. ...more

January 3, 2008

Sitting here on this New Year's Eve morning it's early for me at 7 a.m., usually I have a cup of coffee and read the newspaper from my sitting area overlooking beautiful Lake Istokpoga and watching the birds and wildlife as the beautiful sunrise illuminates the woods. We who live on this lake do so because we choose to and are willing to deal with the bugs and the low water, high taxes and all the downsides that no one has control over. Last night I went to bed at 10:30 p.m. with the noise of airboats thumping and humming past the house until late into the night and waking me at 6:15 a.m. this morning. Having friends with airboats and enjoyed them myself years ago, I understand the fun and excitement they are to a lot of people, and feel that this being a big lake can be enjoyed by all the people if we all use it responsibly. ...more

January 3, 2008

Scientists on Saturday dissected a coelacanth, a species of fish known as a living fossil, at the Tokyo Institute of Technology's Yokohama campus, the first such dissection in the country since 1989, with Prince Akishino, an expert on catfish, looking on. ...more

December 23, 2007

Gina Rivera, 28, came to Lowry Park Zoo in 2005 after working in Chicago as a docent at Lincoln Park Zoo and an intern at Shedd Aquarium. Rivera, a graduate of the University of Colorado at Boulder, loves nothing more than helping animals, especially birds. ...more

December 21, 2007

It is one thing for the president of the United States to pardon a pair of turkeys every year and send them off to live out their days in Florida. It's quite another to save a turkey from the Thanksgiving table by inviting it to live with you. ...more

November 22, 2007