Fruit flies found in Pinellas County

Two male oriental fruit flies were found earlier this month in a grapefruit tree trap in the Gulf Coast community of Safety Harbor, Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson said.

Scientists find evidence discrediting theory Amazon was virtually unlivable

SAN MARTIN DE SAMIRIA, PERU - To the untrained eye, all evidence here in the heart of the Amazon signals virgin forest, untouched by man for time immemorial - from the ubiquitous fruit palms to the cry of howler monkeys, from the air thick with mosquitoes to the unruly tangle of jungle vines. Physics - Health - Business - Medicine - Alternative

Garden Tips: Figs a lovely, edible addition to South Florida landscape

The often-seen “fruit” of a fig is not really a fruit but a part of the flower structure called a syconium. The flowers are small, fleshy and borne on the inside wall of the hollow syconium.

John Sutherland: It's a long, long time from May to September – but it's certainly worth the wait

The platitude of the season this year is about the season – "autumn's come a bit early, don't you think?". Everyone seems to be saying it. Even Sian Lloyd and those other weather people.

Rotary Club first to be affiliated with zoo

It may be a zoo out there but members of one group like to meet right in the heart of it. The Rotary Club of Miami MetroZoo, chartered in October 2009, has one distinction over the nearly 34,000 Rotary Clubs around the world. It is the only one affiliated with a zoo and its members savor that difference.