Kevin Spear

The sun rises over the Mosquito Lagoon on a kayak fishing trip to the Whale Tail flats near Titusville, Fla. on Monday June 09, 2014.

Great places to enjoy the outdoors in Volusia, Brevard

August 23, 2019 at 5:05 p.m.

You can kayak, hike, bike and even ride a train -- yes, a train -- to some of the wildest spots in Volusia and Brevard counties. Camping. Mosquito Lagoon is...

Enjoying the outdoors is easy in Seminole County

August 23, 2019 at 5:05 p.m.

Here are great places to explore outdoors in Seminole County so that you can discover or rediscover Central Florida. The Econ: The Econlockhatchee River has dramatic banks, sandbars, inky currents...

Magnolia Park has campsites available and provides a great venue for big scenery and spectacular birds.

Orlando, Orange County provide great places to explore outdoors

August 23, 2019 at 5:04 p.m.

Orange County is home to the region's largest city, but it's easy to find the great outdoors without going far. Water view: Lake Apopka is historic and gigantic. You won't...

Outdoor things to do in Osceola, Polk counties

August 23, 2019 at 5:05 p.m.

Here are great places to explore outdoors in Osceola and Polk counties so that you can discover or rediscover Central Florida. River: The distinctive Peace River flows south through Polk...

Environmentalists on Disney Springs fake spring: really?

May 12, 2019 at 10:16 a.m.

For defenders of one of the world's richest collections of springs — there are 1,000 in Florida — Walt Disney World's marketing of an artificial spring as the centerpiece of...

Manatee adventures of Lil Joe lead to Disney

May 28, 2020 at 12:47 a.m.

Lil Joe, the 25-year-old manatee who has been a star at zoos and theme parks across the country and had a brief return to the wild, has been hanging out...

Exclusive video: In flight with a bald eagle

June 17, 2018 at 6:54 p.m.

Imagine flying piggyback on an American bald eagle while a river of vivid scenery sweeps below. It's wondrous to think about, but thanks to a falconer and an Orlando Sentinel...

Graphic: See oil spill’s toll on Gulf of Mexico wildlife

August 23, 2019 at 12:48 a.m.

Pensacola begins long recovery

August 18, 2019 at 8:41 p.m.

Victims of Florida's third major hurricane in five weeks endured on Sunday all the now-familiar hardships of disaster: homes without air conditioning, empty refrigerators and staggeringly long lines at the...

Pensacola tragedy gives way to hope

August 18, 2019 at 8:41 p.m.

Mud turned to a crust and then to smelly dust Saturday on the downtown streets of this battered city, where talk of recovery from Hurricane Ivan was more ambitious than...

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