What a whopper! On a recent shoot for the Reef Keepers film in the Keys, the nice people at Robbie's let me feed the tarpon that hang around their dock. This one got close enough to graze my fingernail -- an absolutely resplendent fish.

I'm looking for a physician in Florida with experience treating vibriosis and/or a Floridian who has experienced a Vibrio infection (aka flesh-eating bacteria) who would be willing to share their story. If this is you, please reach out!

"Have you seen any snakes?" the passersby asked. And they say small talk is dead.

Some of the Indian River Lagoon's smallest animals - snails, worms, crustaceans - serve as sentinels of ecological change. They got their time to shine in an Smithsonian NMNH-led bioblitz that's making the IRL a global model in the use of eDNA for conservation. theinvadingsea.com/2025/06/27/ind…

Journalist Noah Bookstein captured Reef Keepers' mission to create a distinctive film that benefits Florida's Coral Reef. The grit and never-give-up attitude of people on the frontlines of coral restoration gives this Floridian hope for our future. studentnewswatch.org/post/working-a…

Little sister Kara Van Hoose bringing honor to the family name by explaining to NYT why Colorado rabbits have hornlike growths: "Nature is metal." Indeed it is. nytimes.com/2025/08/13/sci…

One stout rainstorm, and you can shoot the rapids in the middle of Gainesville.

A short story called "Diamonds in the Rough," courtesy of San Felasco Hammock Preserve State Park. See it? 🐍

Gainesville friends! Stop by Cypress & Grove tonight from 5-7 p.m. for a Reef Keepers pop-up event. Trailer showing at 5:30. Fab raffle prizes from Life Unplastic, The Lynx, Opus coffee at 6:00. Hang out w/ film producer Alyson Larson & me to talk all things coral!