In 2017, FLORIDA TODAY ran an article about the Atala butterfly that was previously thought to be extinct but had been discovered again. Since that time, the butterflies have made a resurgence and ...

Coontie is one of my favorite plants. It is an evergreen cycad, growing to about 3 feet tall and is native to the Florida peninsula. Its natural habitat is dominated by pines growing on well drained ...

Coontie, or Zamia floridana, is an outstanding ornamental shrub that grows slow and low. December’s plant of the month makes a great focal point in garden beds. This native cycad features long-stemmed ...

South Florida’s atala butterfly, a quarter-size insect with shimmery turquoise spots on wings like black velvet, was assumed extinct in the 1950s – scrubbed from the universe by man’s plunder of its ...

A small butterfly once thought extinct has staged such a comeback in South Florida that it is now considered a bit of a garden pest — and a persistent problem for a renowned research facility where ...

The coontie, an unusual Florida native plant, often mistaken for a fern or palm, is a cycad - a "living fossil." These primitive plants were a dominant form of plant life during the age of dinosaurs.

Question: I’d like to know how to propagate my coontie plant. I know it’s a slow grower and comes from seed, but what should I do? Answer: Collect the bright orange seeds when the pod splits apart, ...

Cycads are an ancient group of plants that have been around since the age of dinosaurs. They were dominant plants at that time, but most are currently considered endangered. While there are more than ...

Coontie (Zamia integrifolia) is the only native cycad in North America and it is indigenous to South Florida. Cycads are among the oldest plants on earth, dating back 325 million years. They were so ...