CHEC Blog

We are highlighting a Florida native species that many of you probably don't know about. This is the Florida rainbow snake (Farancia...

The Dwarf Seahorse (Hippocampus zosterae) is a species we commonly encounter on our Seagrass Wading Trips. Seahorses and pipefish belong...

I work at the Charlotte Harbor Environmental Center, CHEC, and through years of conservation I’ve learned several universal truths. The...

Without a doubt, one of the absolute coolest plants in all of South Florida is the Coontie (Zamia pumila), the only native cycad that we...

Let's talk about snowbirds! Well, the wildlife kind not the human kind. These are possibly the most well-known snowbirds in Florida, the...

We are extremely fortunate here at Cedar Point to be the home for the Cookie House, the last remaining building from the Bass Biological...

As stewards of the land here in Charlotte County, we would like to honor and celebrate the primary civilization that lived in our area of...