Venice Ranked in Top 3

  Move over L.A., Miami and Honolulu! Our 10 winners for Best Coastal Small Town – each with a population of fewer than 25,000 people as of the last census – offer uncrowded, unpretentious and…

Mote Marine Coral Restoration

Coral Restoration Takes Center Stage on World Oceans Day Mote Announces Plans for An Additional Coral Nursery and International Coral Gene Bank SARASOTA, Fla. — At a press conference earlier today in Islamorada, Mote Marine…

Dry Tortuga Nurse Sharks

Nurse Sharks Dry Tortuga's https://www.nps.gov/drto/learn/nature/nursesharks.htm Adult male nurse shark cruising the shallows. Wes Pratt, Mote Center for Shark Research Sharks range in lifestyle and demeanor from the fast, aggressive shortfin mako to the more relaxed…

Wall Street Journal Sarasota

Good Reading

Good Reading: Information helps enlighten us, stimulate us and protect us in this world. We encourage reading and the free press to help protect our rights. Media is one of the only means to inform…

Sarasota Film Festival 2020

The 22nd Annual Sarasota Film Festival The 22nd Annual Sarasota Film Festival will run from March 27 - April 5, 2020. *************************************** Independent and International narratives, docs and shorts are programmed into a schedule of…

Bishop Museum of Science and Nature

Planetarium Shows View Show Schedule https://bishopscience.org/ Perfect Little Planet (23 minutes) What if you could travel the galaxy to find that ideal place? Discover our solar system through a new set of eyes – a…

Sarasota Bay Watch Replenishes Clams and Scallops

Clam Restoration Project in Sarasota Bay In 2016 Sarasota Bay Watch started a new shellfish restoration initiative focused on the southern hard shell clam.  The southern hard shell clam (Merceneria campechiensis) was once abundant in…

Cruise Away Holland American Style

Holland America Line : Zuiderdam Caribbean We had been a little shy of cruises as our  last cruise on a different cruise line served food that we felt was sub-standard and the boarding process was…