Tom Scherberger

Manatees are such a part of Florida’s environment it’s easy to think they’ve always been here. But have they? That’s what USF Anthropology professor Tom Pluckhahn and a colleague at George Washington University set out...

Science writer Sadie Dingfelder always knew she was different but never understood how or why until one day she mistook a stranger for her husband in a grocery store. She had been teasing her husband...

To an outsider, the Big Cypress Preserve in the Florida Everglades may look like a vast stretch of wilderness, untouched by human hands. But to the Miccosukee Tribe, it is sacred land they have called...

A dormant political action committee recently received $2.5 million from two prominent GOP mega-donors to help finance a campaign to prevent suspended Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren from regaining his seat in the 2024 general...

A majority of voters nationally are not satisfied with how democracy is working in the U.S. but are open to a dictator who reflects their views, according to a new survey by the Center for...

Former state senator Jeff Brandes says a lack of legislative leadership is making it impossible to solve Florida’s ongoing property insurance crisis. Brandes, speaking on WMNF WaveMakers with Janet & Tom, said term limits mean...

Gov. Ron DeSantis is taking unprecedented and legally questionable steps to influence this year’s elections, particularly two citizen-led petitions that seek to restore reproductive rights and legalize marijuana, says independent Florida journalist Jason Garcia. Garcia,...

Hurricane Helene, which killed at least 130 people across six states and flooded homes in the Tampa Bay area that had never flooded before, is an example of the kinds of monster storms the United...

If you’ve been watching television lately chances are good you’ve seen ads for and against a couple of constitutional amendments on the upcoming general election ballot. There’s Amendment 3, which would legalize the possession of...

Up to 1 in five people are dyslexic, but many people are never diagnosed and public schools struggle to adapt to students with the learning disorder. Clearwater’s duPaul School for Dyslexia specializes in helping students...

As Democratic legislative candidate Ashley Brundage campaigns door to door, one issue keeps coming up: the property insurance crisis. Property insurance is becoming unaffordable for many Florida homeowners, Brundage says, and most of the blame...

The political tides are shifting in Sarasota and Manatee counties as voters react to a an attempted right-wing takeover of local governments, two guests told WMNF WaveMakers with Janet & Tom on Tuesday (Aug. 27)....