NATURE · HISTORY · FOLKLORE
A wild world.
Closer than you think.
Explore Florida’s animals, landscapes, and stories. Start at the water’s edge. Follow your curiosity.
Today’s discovery
LATEST ADDITIONS
Fresh from the atlas
THE COMPLETE COLLECTION
The library
Every chapter, from the coast to Florida’s springs and forests.
EXPLORE THE COLLECTION
Find a chapter
YOUR CORNER OF THE WORLD
The learning atlas
Explore the public places behind the chapters, from Tampa Bay to Florida’s springs.
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Choose a place
Select a pin or place name to explore its story.
Explore the landscapes
Map sources and limits
Pins mark public places and geographic references, not wildlife sightings. Use official place pages for entrances, routes, and current access.
THE STORY LIBRARY
Names carry stories
Explore historical records, civic symbols, and cultural archives. Follow the people, places, and traditions behind them.
FROM THE ARCHIVE
Birds in song
Listen to historical performances collected by the Library of Congress, and discover how birds enter music and cultural memory.
Visit the listening collection ↗FOLLOW A THREAD
A coast made of connected homes
Select a habitat to discover its structure and its documented animal associations.
Habitat connections versus a food web
Living in the same habitat doesn't prove one animal eats another. These relationships are supported habitat associations. A future food web needs evidence for every feeding link.
TRY IT YOURSELF
Learn by exploring
A shoreline that changes
Move the tide to see the water cover or reveal a coastal edge.
An illustration of tidal change. See NOAA's actual predictions ↗
The fern that returns
UF/IFAS describes resurrection fern fronds becoming green and unfurled within hours after rain. This animation compresses that change into a moment.
Read the fern explanation ↗LIVING LIGHT
A signal in the dark
Turn up the surrounding light and watch this illustrative glow become harder to distinguish.
In darkness, a glow stands out against its surroundings.
Explore firefly communication ↗A tiny mystery
Read the full explanation ↗THE ATLAS, GROWING
What’s new
New chapters and expanded stories, with earlier editions kept in reach.