Strangler figs, live oaks and gumbo limbos shade the graves of Confederate soldiers and Florida pioneers. At Fort Lauderdale’s Evergreen Cemetery, a few fragments of history linger in a city … ...

If you'd like to explore the region's bird life, a new book might help. It is "Birds of the West Indies" by Norman Arlott (Princeton University Press, 233 pages, $24.95 ISBN 9780691147802).