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Snake Hunter

Dusty Crum’s Mission Is to Save the Everglades, One Python at a Time

Between 87 and 99 percent of the Everglades’ mammal populations have disappeared because of the invasive snakes, which now number nearly 300,000 in southern Florida

05/30/2024 By Isaac Eger

What Lies Beneath

Something Is Blooming on the Suncoast, and It's Not Pretty

If it's not red tide, what's that awful smell? The answer is dapis pleousa, another type of algae.

05/29/2024 By Emma Moneuse

Hot Host

If You See Birds or Other Wildlife in Your Pool, Let Them Use It

It's hot outside, and your chlorinated pool water is safe for wildlife who are at risk of becoming dehydrated.

05/22/2024 By Kim Doleatto

Beachy Keen

Kids' Summer Beach Runs Return Next Month

Kids and their families can participate in one-mile runs at Siesta and North Brohard beaches. on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

05/20/2024 By Staff

Best of Sarasota

The Best of Sarasota 2024: Readers' Poll

We polled our readers about their favorite shops, services and more. Here’s what you had to say.

05/01/2024

Best of Sarasota

The Best of Sarasota 2024: Editors' Picks

Here are our favorite new finds from a year full of them. 

05/01/2024 By The Editors

Just Keep Swimming

The First Sea Turtle Nests of 2024 Have Arrived

The first documented nest was laid by a loggerhead sea turtle, a threatened species protected under federal law.

04/29/2024 By Staff

Taking Root

Arbor Day Reminds Us of Majestic Beauty and Vital Role of Trees

Writer Stephanie Churn Lubow pays homage to her three favorite trees in Sarasota.

04/26/2024 By Stephanie Churn Lubow

You Steal My Sunshine

How to Watch the Solar Eclipse in Sarasota

Will the weather cooperate? What percentage of totality—if any—will we get in Sarasota? What time does it all begin? We've got answers.

04/07/2024 By Megan McDonald

Speed Demon

I Got Busted for Driving a Boat Too Fast on the Intracoastal. Don't Be Like Me.

I pray you learn from my mistake.

04/01/2024 By John Hardy

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Q & A

Friends of Myakka River Executive Director Miri Hardy on the Future of Myakka River State Park

"We want to find new, meaningful ways of engaging people."

03/11/2024 By Stephanie Churn Lubow

IYKYK

Siesta Key Beach Voted Best Beach in Florida by Tripadvisor

It was also recognized as the second-best beach in the United States and ranked in the top 10 for best in the world.

03/01/2024 By Megan McDonald

Yee-haw!

The Arcadia Rodeo Returns Next Month

Arcadia’s been hosting rodeo competitions for 96 years. The All-Florida Championship in March is fixin’ to be its best.

02/23/2024 By Linda Murray

Good News

Conservation Foundation Permanently Conserves 64 Acres Along the Manatee River

Crooked River Ranch provides opportunities for coastal resiliency, water quality protection and native habitat restoration.

02/20/2024 By Staff

Walk This Way

The Legacy Trail Is Getting a New Pedestrian Overpass at Tuttle Avenue

Sarasota County commissioners voted unanimously to move forward with the project. It's one of several overpasses poised to make the trail safer.

01/31/2024 By Kim Doleatto

Into the Wild

A New Program Aims to Protect Vulnerable Local Mangroves

Mangroves are one of the most critical parts of our ecosystem—and they're increasingly at risk.

01/31/2024 By Matthew Gutierrez

Trail Etiquette

How Not to Be a Jerk When You're Riding Your Bike

Be mindful of those around you.

01/04/2024 By Hannah Wallace

Easy Riding

The Ultimate Guide to All 18.2 Miles of the Legacy Trail

What was built more than a century ago as a railroad to carry freight trains and passenger lines (and later the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus) is now an 18.2-mile paved public park that stretches from Sarasota to Venice.

01/04/2024 By Hannah Wallace

Unity Awards

Tracie Troxler Improves Our Soil, and Our Community, Through Composting

“Healthy plants and healthy ecology sprout from healthy soil, and so does a healthy community."

01/01/2024 By Lauren Jackson

Year in Review

The Top 10 Most-Read Stories We Published 2023

It was a banger of a year for restaurant roundups, top-tier real estate listings and more.

12/26/2023 By Megan McDonald

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