Throughout Florida’s history, its ecology has been entangled with fire. “We set good fires, or else we get bad ones,” says ...

The caracara, which can grow to 2 feet tall, co-exists amiably with cows on Florida’s ranches and eats everything from frogs ...

Only the Florida caracara is listed under the federal ... Key to fledging their young is the shaggy cabbage palm where their bulky nests of vines and sticks can be well-concealed.

Florida is known for its wildlife that stalk ... usually can be found in a wide variety of habitats such as oak and cabbage palm hammocks, freshwater marshes and sloughs, pine flatwoods, and ...