The first outbreak of a disease that is killing palm trees in other parts of the state was detected this week in Highlands County. ...more

February 21, 2009

A new and deadly disease that can wipe out the cabbage palm, which is the most popular palm in Highlands County, has spread from Manatee County to Hillsborough County and might be hitting Highlands County's neighbor to the north, Polk County. ...more

August 2, 2008

For the early Seminole Indians, the sabal palm was an all-in-one home improvement store-supermarket-pharmacy. ...more

July 25, 2008

A father-and-son volunteer project resulted in a "dream come true" for the University of South Florida Botanical Gardens. ...more

June 14, 2008

A father-and-son volunteer project "is like a dream come true" for the University of South Florida Botanical Gardens. ...more

June 13, 2008

A father-and-son volunteer project resulted in a "dream come true" for the University of South Florida Botanical Gardens. ...more

June 11, 2008

A father-and-son volunteer project resulted in a "dream come true" for the University of South Florida Botanical Gardens. ...more

June 11, 2008

USF CAMPUS A father-and-son volunteer project resulted in a "dream come true" for the University of South Florida Botanical Gardens. Dennis Lindeman, 58, and his son, Hank, 19, recently built a Seminole Indian-style chickee hut: a wood-framed pavilion with a palm frond-thatched roof. ...more

June 10, 2008

No parks, no palm trees. Just cotton fields. That, according to Diana Goodwin, was how the Dunedin Marina looked in its early days. Goodwin imparts such snippets of local history during her hourlong walking tour through the marina and downtown Dunedin. ...more

February 23, 2008

As one of the most common mammals in Florida, the gray squirrel makes its home in wilderness and urban area trees and is probably the first wild animal young children see in their immediate environment. These little arboreal creatures of the rodent family are usually tolerated and too often hated by homeowners, and those folks that are not fond of small animals. Gray squirrels are found throughout the state and are related to the larger fox squirrel, the flying squirrel and chipmunk. ...more

October 28, 2007