Naturally Florida
Shannon Carnevale and Lara Milligan
5.0from 136 ratings
- 69
- Episodes
- 8
- Transcribed
- 136
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
About Naturally Florida
Naturally Florida is a podcast about Florida's natural areas and the wild things that live here. Naturally Florida's hosts, Shannon Carnevale and Lara Milligan, bring over 25 years of experience in natural resources and conservation to Naturally Florida. Listeners will learn about Florida wildlife, local ecosystems, and conservation issues in the Sunshine State. If you love learning about nature but need to learn on-the-go, this podcast is for you. This podcast is brought to you by UF/IFAS Extension's Natural Resources programs in Polk and Pinellas Counties.
- Publisher
- Shannon Carnevale and Lara Milligan
- Category
- science
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 21 Jun 2021
- Latest episode
- 14 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
8 of 69 episodes have a transcript.
14 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Florida's State Saltwater Fish: The Atlantic Sailfish
17 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
State Marine Mammal: Bottlenose Dolphin
20 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT
Florida's State Freshwater Fish: The Florida Bass
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Florida's State Saltwater Fish: The Atlantic Sailfish
Published 14 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So for the sailfish, its scientific name is Istephorus platypterus. And this scientific name is really cool. I think it really describes the species we're talking about. So the scientific name literally means flat winged sail bearer derived from the Greek words istion, meaning sail and pharaoh, meaning to bear or carry. It translates to the sail bearer or a reference to its massive dorsal fin, which takes up the majority of its body nose to tail. and combined with the Greek for platys, which means broad or flat, and teron, meaning wing or fin. So you get a rough translation of broad finned or flat winged, which both work very appropriately for the sailfish. […]
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 91 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 45 ratings
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- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 92
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