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Recent Posts
Key West Wildlife Archive
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Petting Zoo at the Jail
On stock island at the county jail there is a small petting zoo which is open the second and last Sunday of every month from 1-3pm. The animals are rescues and are cared for by the inmates. There are peacocks, six ferrets, a couple alligators, a pig , some big snakes, a lemur, parrots, ponys [...] -
Invasion of the Lionfish
The Lionfish is a spectacular-looking exotic fish from the Indo-Pacific region of the world, popular with people who own tropical fish tanks. Unfortunately, lionfish have been showing up in Florida Keys waters in droves, after having been released from captivity in private homes. There is no known predator, so the lionfish population has ballooned such [...] -
Key West Chickens
Like them or not, Key West chickens are a part of life here, whether you hate them for waking you up in the wee hours, or you love them for their beautiful feathers. They can be found in almost any large parking lot pecking away at pebble patches or roosting under bushes. They’re most common [...] -
White Street Pier
At the southern end of White Street, there’s a long pier that’s good for getting a fresh perspective on Key West. You can often find people trying their luck at fishing from White Street Pier, but they don’t usually seem to have much luck. Since the pier is right at the edge of Higgs Beach, [...] -
More Dolphin, turtle rescue and great snorkeling
Snorkeling has been awesome this past week or so , the water has been very clear. The only downside has been there is a lot of current. We had a pod of dolphins come to check us out when we were snorkeling, which was pretty amazing. Its illegal to purposely swim with the wild dolphins [...] -
Dolphin in Key West Harbor
There are quite a few dolphins that hang around Key West. Probably 75% of the time we take the boat we see them, without looking for them.
