Beaches and Coasts
Lakes and Rivers
Forests
Inland
Everglades
Panoramas
Black and White
Brushfoots
Gossamer Wings
Swallowtails
Skippers
Sulphurs and Whites
Moths
Anhingas, Cormorants
Birds of Prey
Carrion Birds
Coots, Rails
Cranes, Limpkins
Ducks, Geese
Egrets, Herons
Gulls, Terns
Shorebirds
Songbirds
Spoonbills, Storks
Woodpeckers
Deer
Pigs
Rabbits and Hares
Manatees
Squirrels
Raccoons
Armadillos
We mammals have come a long way since the time of the dinosaurs. Since those times, we’ve conquered the land, sea and air. Florida has at least 99 species of mammals living, breeding and thriving today.
Crustaceans
Dragonflies
Grasshoppers, Locusts
Spiders
Snails, Mollusks
Other Invertebrates
Alligators, Crocodiles
Lizards
Snakes
Turtles, Tortoises
Tree Frogs
Toads
Arethuseae
Calypsoeae
Cranichideae
Cymbidieae
Epidendreae
Malaxideae
Maxillarieae
Neottieae
Orchideae
Pogoniinae
Polystachyeae
Triphoreae
Vandeae
Vanilleae
Wildflowers by Color
Wildflowers by Family
Pitcher Plants
Venus Flytraps
Bladderworts
Butterworts
Sundews
Bromeliads
Mushrooms
Plants
Saprophytes
by Rich Leighton | Apr 9, 2018 | Dragonflies, Florida Nature Facts, Florida Nature Photography, Invertebrates, Natural History
One of the fastest and most maneuverable of the world’s winged insects, the dragonfly uses a method of catching prey called “hawking” where the dragonfly forms a basket with its hairy legs, scooping and eating up to 300 flying mosquitos every day of...by Rich Leighton | May 30, 2010 | Florida Nature Photography, Invertebrates, Marine Invertebrates, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography
Recently while on a trip along the St. Joseph Peninsula I stumbled into one of my very favorite of shoreline critters – the ghost crab. Even though they are very common all over Florida’s sandy coasts, the ghost crab is the master of camouflage and quite...by Rich Leighton | Aug 8, 2009 | Arachnids, Florida Nature Photography, Invertebrates, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Photography, Spiders
Thirty minutes past dawn, and I’m deep in the the steamy sweltering heat at the edge of a swamp in North Florida in summer. Mosquitoes are tearing me up, but the deer flies aren’t out yet. Again, I’m not using insect repellent because I can’t stand the way it feels on...0
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