Dozens of amateur astronomers will head to the Withlacoochee River County Park near Dade City for their annual Orange Blossom Special International Star Party. There, they say, they can find true darkness in the absence of human population. ...more

December 4, 2008

The text message from the elephant flashed across Richard Lesowapir's screen: Kimani was heading for neighboring farms. ...more

November 2, 2008

Warming Will Be Short Regarding "The Iceman Cometh" by Thomas Friedman (Other Views, Aug. 6): ...more

August 13, 2008

According to surveys conducted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries Service, American anglers caught some 468 million saltwater fish of all species last year. Of those, 272 million, or 58 percent, were released alive. ...more

July 23, 2008

After a 17-year-run, one of Florida's most popular specialty license plates is getting a new look. ...more

December 21, 2007

After a 17-year-run, one of Florida's most popular specialty license plates is getting a new look. ...more

December 20, 2007

Neanderthals, an archaic human species that dominated Europe until the arrival of modern humans about 45,000 years ago, possessed a critical gene known to underlie speech, according to DNA evidence retrieved from two individuals excavated from El Sidron, a cave in northern Spain. ...more

October 21, 2007