Harmony was the order of the day last Wednesday at Gulfside Elementary School, as a new butterfly garden was officially declared open. The transformation of a nondescript patch of land just off the school parking lot into a place of beauty and contemplation - and a butterfly hang-out - was an example of students learning to work with nature in a way that was beneficial to both sides. ...more

February 4, 2009

Sharon Cutler is teaching students at Chiles Elementary how to grow lettuce without getting dirty. ...more

October 1, 2008

Cooing softly in baby talk, German Viasus gently uses a toothbrush to bathe the little animal he has raised since infancy and then pampers it with a fresh meal of mango, bananas and melon. The object of his affection? A beetle the size of a hamster with a hard, shiny shell and 2-inch-long horns. ...more

May 25, 2008