It's the state animal, but there are only 100 left. Unless drastic measures are taken, their future is bleak. (St. Petersburg Times) View

A 71-year-old man and a 7-year-old boy forge an unexpected friendship based on their experiences of losing a limb. (St. Petersburg Times) View

Marshall and Keith Jones run a south Florida landmark that has been in the family for four generations. (St. Petersburg Times) View

A Florida legend documents the beauty of his state's wild places with a World War II-era camera. (St. Petersburg Times) View

Faced with major health crises, even families with medical insurance can't afford the care they desperately need. Here are the tragic consequences. (St. Petersburg Times) View

Cuba's economic crisis has caused squatter communities to pop up all around the nation's capital city. (St. Petersburg Times) View

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Gary Revell makes a living coaxing earthworms out of the ground using music as bait. (St. Petersburg Times) View

Tuba players test the theory that the musical note B-flat can send alligators into mating-season ecstasy (St. Petersburg Times) View

Scantily clad Richard Irby, wearing only a headband and Speedo, wins fans in Florida's state capital city of Tallahassee. (St. Petersburg Times) View

Rescue personnel race the clock to save a young man's life after a freak accident. (St. Petersburg Times) View

Men sentenced to the Florida School for Boys in the 1950s and 1960s are coming forward with haunting stories of torture and abuse. (St. Petersburg Times) View