These letters were printed in the Audubon Florida Naturalist Winter 2025 issue.

Known for his enormous personality and stature, Carlson spent most of his life taking care of Corkscrew Swamp.

The alligator was sleeping. Or hiding. Or maybe it was just bored. In any event, all I could see of the reptile was its bottom half because it had crawled part way underneath the wooden walkway on ...

This could be one of the great hiking seasons in recent memory for Southwest Florida as the landscape is already primed for trailer beaters and ramblers. While the Naples area isn't exactly known for ...

Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary is a beautiful and fascinating haven, sheltering the plants and animals of southwest Florida and the Everglades and providing visitors a unique chance to see important and ...

Here's a checklist of birds that will help you get to know Southwest Florida. Bonus: They're all super-cool critters who live ...

Time to get to the holiday festivities, and there's a way to do it with a nature twist. Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary is hosting its holiday market on Dec. 7, with the gift shop featuring nature-inspired ...

With the major die-off in the Florida Keys in 2024 and 2025 resulting in the mortalities of at least 65 large sawfish (and ...