Florida

Plan a road trip for leaded glass, beams, flooring, and oddities of Southern history

The secret? An easy homemade graham cracker syrup

Leslie Charleville uses the Japanese printing method of gyotaku to preserve everything from fish to crabs to, yes, gators

A century ago, the species almost went extinct. Today, their numbers are edging upwards, but the fight for their survival is far from over.

In small-town DeFuniak Springs, the state’s oldest library still charms

This simple version of a Florida classic pie has gained fans from around the world

Angling for bass, and revisiting strained familial bonds, next to the Happiest Place on Earth

The ship has carried the likes of Truman, Eisenhower, Marilyn Monroe…and now will become a refuge for a marine life and a spectacular dive site off the coast of Destin, Florida

Rather than a farewell to arms, these cats say hello to extra toes. On the Hemingway Home’s sixtieth anniversary, a look at one of the writer’s strangest legacies.

A blue crab scuttles across the ocean floor. A baby sea turtle faces a wall of predators. Photographer Ian Wilson-Navarro shows Dry Tortugas National Park as it’s never been seen before.

The stinky, four-toed cryptid is said to lurk in swamps across the Sunshine State. Years ago, I almost met him.

The Tallahassee author returns to Area X—and its real-life model, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge—in his latest ecological thriller, Absolution

The moment Hurricane Milton passed, crabbers were out setting traps for the Southern delicacy

Donna Kalil has plunged into canals in the dead of night, straddled two-hundred-pound serpents, and been bitten more times than she can count—all in the name of killing a thing she loves and playing a game she can’t win

Says one guide: “I don’t have a free second to not be out here helping, neck deep in mold, sand, saltwater, and sweat”

Organizations working to provide relief after the storm

A hurricane-savvy writer marks the moment when aftermath meets forecast

A peek inside the return of a beloved steakhouse

After surviving the terrifying ordeal, the owner of a local fish market pivots to rebuilding her community—yet again

The aquatic mammals often end up in precarious positions after floods abate