Plant growth patterns could help scientists predict the effects of climate change. And citizen scientists have an opportunity to assist by photographing plants in various stages of growth. ...more

February 11, 2009

Plant growth patterns could help scientists predict the effects of climate change. And citizen scientists have an opportunity to assist by photographing plants in various stages of growth. Camp Bayou Outdoor Learning Center in Ruskin is participating in a national study by hosting a photography contest in conjunction with its upcoming Citizen Science Symposium on March 20 and 21. ...more

February 10, 2009

Water fowl are easy to count. They just float in place. But flocks require strategy. ...more

January 5, 2009

Equipped with binoculars and identification guides, volunteers hit the Upper Tampa Bay Trail off Waters Avenue on Saturday. They weren't bird-watching; they were spotting, identifying and logging every bird they encountered throughout the day. ...more

January 2, 2009

Slip out of that city suit and into some shorts and aqua socks for a wild paddle past fishes in ditches, and shorebirds sauntering in the sand. ...more

October 13, 2008

Delicate cloudless sulphur butterflies flutter back and forth across a path at Cockroach Bay Aquatic Preserve as if to draw attention to themselves. ...more

October 1, 2008

Delicate cloudless sulphur butterflies flutter back and forth across a path at Cockroach Bay Aquatic Preserve as if to draw attention to themselves. ...more

October 1, 2008