Maybe the best way to appreciate why the elephant-you-know-what has royally hit the fan over at the Lowry Park Zoo, is to suppose for a moment that the attraction's president, Lex Salisbury, was instead a Hillsborough County commissioner. ...more

September 13, 2008

There's no question that the latest generation of microfiber lines has changed the playing field for anglers during the past 10 years, with a large percentage of seasoned fishermen switching to the braided fiber for spinning tackle, and many thousands more using them in heavier tests on baitcasters. ...more

August 22, 2008

MELBOURNE As if a fourth straight day of rain from Tropical Storm Fay wasn't enough, weary residents are now dealing with quintessentially Floridian fallout: alligators, snakes and other critters driven from their swampy lairs into flooded streets, backyards and doorsteps. ...more

August 21, 2008

The aptly named mangrove snapper spends a fair amount of its juvenile life among the watery roots of its namesake trees. But when it reaches adulthood, it heads for deeper venues, and one of the best in the state is the edge of the shipping channels that run through Tampa Bay. ...more

September 28, 2007