The Audubon Society's Florida Coastal Islands Sanctuaries will celebrate 75 years with an art exhibit featuring historical bird artwork by John James Audubon and modern large-scale water bird etchings of Tampa artist John Costin. ...more

April 1, 2009

When Dee Dee Jacobson was growing up, it was not unusual for her to find tagged squirrels and dead birds in the refrigerator. Her father taught animal behavior at Cornell University and occasionally brought home some of his work. ...more

December 1, 2008

The roosters start crowing outside Tommy Stephens' Ybor City home at 3 a.m. It's been that way since he moved to the neighborhood in 1987. ...more

November 9, 2008

It's time for the body count. Volunteers will fan out to some 50 islands in Tampa Bay on Saturday to harvest discarded fishing line. They will also be documenting the number of dead birds they find, victims of fishing line spider-webbed across mangroves where birds nest and roost. ...more

October 24, 2008

It's time for the body count. Volunteers will fan out to some 50 islands in Tampa Bay on Saturday to harvest discarded fishing line. They will also be documenting the number of dead birds they find, victims of fishing line that spider-webs across mangroves where the birds nest and roost. Tampa Bay Watch and Audubon of Florida will coordinate the 15th annual Monofilament Cleanup Day, sending teams out to reel in thousands of feet of line. ...more

October 21, 2008

The storm that blew through the Choice Mobile Home Park about 4:15 a.m. Friday hit one family there much harder than the rest. ...more

May 3, 2008