The mighty Calusa ruled South Florida for centuries, wielding military power, trading and collecting tribute along routes that sprawled hundreds of miles, creating shell islands, erecting enormous ...

To most people, the small fragment of rotted netting doesn't look like much. It's black, twisty, frayed — only a few inches across. Most visitors to the Florida Museum of Natural History in ...

Fishing nets have been a fixture of our coastal heritage from when Native American’s lived along the Florida’s coast, to the Commercial Fishing Village of Cortez. The Folk School at Florida Maritime ...

Fishing powered the mighty Calusa, who ruled South Florida for centuries. Now, a new study shows how sophisticatedly engineered 'watercourts' served as holding pens for live fish, sustaining Calusa ...