3+ hour, 55+ min ago  (817+ words) The sky was a giant blue bowl, inverted and empty. I couldn't even find a turkey vulture. Where could they all possibly have gone? Maybe they needed an afternoon up the Keys, as we all do from time to time....

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (738+ words) Heavens to Murgatroyd, the light at Fort Zach was gorgeous, a blanket of chromatic bliss saturating everything that wasn't in shadow. And the shadows were nice, too. Walking along the moat path I felt a strange swelling of elation, as…...

2+ week, 4+ hour ago  (369+ words) Gallery on Greene's latest exhibit, "Peter Vey: Laureate of Tropical Light," celebrates one of the island's best-known visual storytellers. Opening Feb. 14, the exhibit honors Vey's decades-long mastery in capturing the joy, color and spirit of the tropics. Pastel shutters on…...

1+ mon, 2+ hour ago  (282+ words) Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF) will debut a new collaborative installation in'The Ocean Inspires'rotating exhibit at the REEF Ocean Exploration Center for Marine Conservation and invite the community to celebrate at an upcoming artist reception. On Tuesday, February 3, 2026, from 6:307:30 p.m. EST,…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (964+ words) The front came in fast on Sunday, like a bad mood. I was driving home on North Roosevelt and suddenly everything was divided between the usual bright, Technicolor world of the Keys, and one leached of any chromatically dynamic color....

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (610+ words) Ospreys are sexually monomorphic. You can't just look at one and tell if it is male or female. Females can be 15% to 20% larger than the males, but it's not something you can really gauge while they are flying around, doing…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (445+ words) I'm a big believer in following the idea," he added. "Locura' was about tracking where the island was, versus what it's become," said Marrero, who plans to stage a new production of the play to mark its 10-year anniversary. Part…...

10+ mon, 3+ day ago  (742+ words) Mark Hedden is a photographer, writer, and semi-professional birdwatcher. He has lived in Key West for more than 25 years and may no longer be employable in the real world. He is also executive director of the Florida Keys Audubon Society....