This is an index page to our Spring Life Forum. Some of the critters we discuss here are exclusive spring inhabitants, that spend their entire lives...
Madison Springs This Forum is an ongoing collection of spring life critter sightings here in Florida, both under the water, and in the immediate...
Marine fish visitors to freshwater springs It is not uncommon to see different species of marine fish in many of Florida's freshwater springs....
Manatee Update from Blue Springs We know not everyone follows Facebook, so we thought we would keep everyone informed of the manatee activities in...
Monkeys at Silver River Forest, Florida It's true, they are there!! Rhesus macaques, Macaca mulatta, have the widest geographic ranges of...
Freshwater Stingrays in Florida The Atlantic stingray, Dasyatis sabina, is one of the most commonly spotted rays in Florida’s coastal waters; but...
Sturgeon is the common name for a family grouping of 26 or so species of bony fish, that are native to subtropical, temperate and sub-Arctic rivers,...
There are more than 1200 species of killifish worldwide (with the exception of Australia, Antarctica and northern Europe), they are small (2-6...
Shad by Tyler Philips Shads, also known as river herrings, are a family of 30+ species of anadromous fish, which means they spend most...
Bullheads are group of bottom dwelling fish that are related to and look like small catfish. Bullheads can be distinguished from catfish, as their...
What's In a Name? * Tadpole madtom: "madtom" refers to this little catfish's habit of sticking people's fingers with their poisonous spines;...
Catfish by Tyler Phillips School of white catfish, Ameiurus catus, in Little River Cavern Photo by Michael Gibby Catfishes are a...
Tilapia by Tyler Phillips Tilapia is the common name for nearly a hundred species of cichlids, that inhabit a variety of fresh water habitats...
Tarpon by Tyler Phillips There are two species of tarpons, the Atlantic Tarpon and the Indo-Pacific Tarpon. Atlantic Tarpon are found on...
A small manatee decided he or she wanted to swim up to us and say hi yesterday (no, we did not approach it). It was amazing! It studied us for...
Freshwater snails are characterized by a single, spiral shell into which they can withdraw when threatened or frightened. The operculum is a hard...
Chubs are a group of freshwater fish belonging to the carp family, that are very abundant in North America. They are unusual in the fact they...
Box turtles have a distinct “boxy” concave shell, with a hinged bottom, allowing the turtles to retreat and hide when frightened/threatened....
The Florida red belly turtle, Pseudemys nelsoni, ranges throughout Florida and southern Georgia (Okefenokee Swamp). They are very common in the...
Yellow bellied sliders, Trachemys scripta, look very similar to their cousins the “red eared slider turtles”, but are distinguished by a prominent...
Out of the 13 otter species worldwide, the North American River Otter, Lutra canadensis, the only otter species found in Florida. The cute, cuddly,...
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