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Snorkeler above shallow coral reef with sergeant major fish at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park
Outdoor Sports

John Pennekamp Coral Reef SP — Florida's Original Snorkel Trip

A Florida cottonmouth gaping to show the white interior of its mouth in a defensive display
Field Guide

Florida Cottonmouth Field Guide — Agkistrodon conanti

Paddlers in canoes and kayaks on the Wekiva River
Blog

Paddling 101 in Florida — Kayak vs. Canoe vs. SUP, and What a Beginner Should Actually Rent First

Scuba divers near the mast of the sunken USCGC Duane off Key Largo
Outdoor Sports

USCGC Duane — Diving a 327-Foot Coast Guard Cutter Sitting Upright in 120 Feet off Key Largo

Microscope image of Naegleria fowleri showing its cyst, amoeboid, and flagellate stages
Blog

Naegleria fowleri in Florida — The Real (Tiny) Risk of the "Brain-Eating Amoeba" and the One Habit That Removes It

Aerial view of circular blue spring bowl with limestone walls and clear water
Hidden Spots

Madison Blue Spring — The Panhandle's Hidden First-Magnitude Cathedral

Red-cockaded Woodpecker perched on the bark of a pine tree, showing distinctive black-and-white plumage
Wildlife

Red-cockaded Woodpecker — Florida's Longleaf Pine Specialist and Why It Matters

An osprey clutching a freshly caught fish at Smyrna Dunes Park on the Florida coast
Wildlife

The Osprey — Florida's Fish Hawk, and Where to Find Their Nests

02 Hidden Florida

From the back country

Calusa Beach at Bahia Honda State Park with old railroad bridge visible in distance
Hidden Spots

Bahia Honda — The Best Beach in the Florida Keys (Yes, Better Than the Famous Ones)

Mile marker 37, between Marathon and Big Pine Key. A state park with two beaches that consistently get rated among the best in the U.S., a destroyed 1912 railroad bridge you can hike, and snorkel reef that's accessible from shore. Most Keys traffic drives past.
Aerial view of circular blue spring bowl with limestone walls and clear water
Hidden Spots

Madison Blue Spring — The Panhandle's Hidden First-Magnitude Cathedral
Wide Gulf-facing Marco Island beach at low tide with shallow water in the foreground, pale sand and a thin tree line on the horizon, no crowds
Hidden Spots

Tigertail Beach + Sand Dollar Island — Wade Across the Lagoon, Walk the Sandbar, and Find Out Why Marco Hides Its Best Beach
Clear blue-green freshwater spring with cypress trees on the bank and a glass-bottom tour boat visible on the surface
Hidden Spots

Wakulla Springs — Glass-Bottom Boats over Mastodon Bones, an Hour from Tallahassee
03 Wildlife

Eye level with the locals

Red-cockaded Woodpecker perched on the bark of a pine tree, showing distinctive black-and-white plumage
Wildlife

Red-cockaded Woodpecker — Florida's Longleaf Pine Specialist and Why It Matters

The red-cockaded woodpecker drills its nest hole only in living old-growth pine — a bird whose survival is inseparable from one of the most endangered ecosystems in North America.
An osprey clutching a freshly caught fish at Smyrna Dunes Park on the Florida coast
Wildlife

The Osprey — Florida's Fish Hawk, and Where to Find Their Nests
A brilliantly colored banded shell of the Florida tree snail Liguus fasciatus
Wildlife

Florida Tree Snails — the Living Jewels of the Hammock, and Why You Look But Never Touch
Massive goliath grouper hovering over a steel wreck with diver in background for scale
Wildlife

Jupiter Goliath Grouper Spawn — Diving the August Aggregation off Florida's East Coast
04 Sports

Out there moving

Snorkeler above shallow coral reef with sergeant major fish at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park
Outdoor Sports

John Pennekamp Coral Reef SP — Florida's Original Snorkel Trip

The first underwater preserve in the United States, established 1963, 70 square miles of reef and mangrove off Key Largo. A 2.5-hour boat ride to the outer reef, a 9-foot bronze Christ statue at 25 feet down, and the reef most people in this country snorkel first.
Scuba divers near the mast of the sunken USCGC Duane off Key Largo
Outdoor Sports

USCGC Duane — Diving a 327-Foot Coast Guard Cutter Sitting Upright in 120 Feet off Key Largo
Aucilla River flowing under a low bridge in Jefferson County, Florida, dark cypress-stained water bordered by hardwood forest
Outdoor Sports

Florida Trail — Aucilla Sinks Section: Hiking the River That Keeps Disappearing
Long-distance hiker on a sandy trail through open pine forest with afternoon sun and a yellow trail blaze on a tree trunk
Outdoor Sports

Florida Trail (Ocala Section) — 67 Miles Through Sand Pine, Springs, and Black Bear Country
05 Blog

From the field

Paddlers in canoes and kayaks on the Wekiva River
Blog

Paddling 101 in Florida — Kayak vs. Canoe vs. SUP, and What a Beginner Should Actually Rent First

Florida is the best beginner paddling water in the country — warm, shallow, clear, and full of springs and mangrove tunnels. Here's the honest breakdown of kayak vs. canoe vs. SUP, what to rent on day one, the gear the law makes you carry, and how to read the one condition that humbles every beginner: wind.
Microscope image of Naegleria fowleri showing its cyst, amoeboid, and flagellate stages
Blog

Naegleria fowleri in Florida — The Real (Tiny) Risk of the "Brain-Eating Amoeba" and the One Habit That Removes It
A Florida manatee resting in the clear water of Crystal River
Blog

Swimming With Manatees in Florida — The Rules of Crystal River, the One Legal Place to Do It
Two spearfishermen underwater during a diving expedition
Blog

Florida Spearfishing 101 — Licenses, Rules, Gear, and Where to Start

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