Hammer is seen amongst the vines carpeting part of the perimeter of his home in Homestead that he affectionately calls Jelly Acres. He has had the 1.2 acre property since 1985, but before then it was ...

It was September 1975. Roger Hammer packed his camera, six canteens of water, two compasses, an Army jungle hammock, dried fruit, beef jerky, and other light rations before he headed to the Everglades ...

Orchid poaching has long been an issue, but the bigger anthropogenic threat is climate change. Sea-level rise, climbing temperatures, and intensified storms are placing fierce pressures on some plant ...

It’s part of an orchid restoration effort called the Million Orchid Project, and as the name suggests, its goal is to reseed a million native orchids in public spaces across South Florida — spaces ...