Audubon Center
for Birds of Prey - For the past 25 years, the Audubon
Center for Birds of Prey has rescued, rehabilitated, and
released into the wild nearly 8,000 injured hawks, owls
and other raptors. New
Florida drops into the Maitland-based nature center
to see how its veterinarians help these fierce and lovely
creatures recuperate.
Related links:
Audubon of Florida
Resource Depot
- What good is a box of used packing peanuts? A
bag of fabric scraps? A handful of cardboard tubes? At
Riviera Beach-based Resource
Depot, these corporate by-products are collected and
transformed into tools for hands-on learning in Florida
classrooms.
Wonder Boy
- Lantana resident Luke Marks dabbles in art and
literature, but he’s first and foremost an athlete.
Surfing, swimming, motocross - he excels at them all. In
fact, you COULD call him a real "renaissance man" if
not for one fact: he’s only five years old.
Britto Central
- A polka dot whale. A smiling blue cat. A multi-colored
bride and groom. Florida artist Romero
Britto's eye-popping paintings and sculptures are a
big draw for corporate advertisers and art lovers alike. New
Florida visits this neo-pop visionary in his Miami
Beach studio to find out what inspires his vivid creations.
Bronze and
Stone - Father and son sculptors Frank
and Stephen Varga are helping to revive the legend
of Florida’s “Barefoot Mailman,” one
of the adventurous souls who dared to deliver mail on foot
between Hypoluxo and
Miami in the late 1800’s. New
Florida travels to the artists’ Delray Beach
studio to watch them craft their larger-than-life tribute
to this group of determined deliverymen.
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