When Wanda Vekasi saw a long object floating in Lake Tarpon on Monday evening, she knew it wasn't an alligator. She'd heard rumors of a crocodile living in the freshwater lake in Tarpon Springs. So ...

East Lake Tarpon Special Fire Control District located in Palm Harbor, Florida recently purchased a PUC Squad/Pumper manufactured by Pierce. EAST LAKE TARPON, FL, SPECIAL FIRE CONTROL DISTRICT ...

The 11-foot-long American crocodile captured last month at Lake Tarpon is one roaming reptile. State wildlife experts now say they are sure it was born in 1999 near the Turkey Point nuclear plant in ...

2025 has been better for the BahamasThe destination reports that arrivals were up nearly 10% for the first quarter year over year. Increased airlift and planned... Carnival's loyalty program members ...

These golden-faced flies don't raid backyard picnics, but they do eat vexatious aquatic weeds. And next year, thousands of them may help environmentalists rid Lake Tarpon of hydrilla that slows boat ...

The black, still water was so calm it reflected the sky like a mirror. The small saltwater pond, ringed completely by red mangrove trees, looked as if it was filled with white, puffy clouds. My ...

LAKELAND (CBSMiami/AP) — After listening to more than a hundred emotional opinions, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission this week voted to move forward with a controversial proposal ...

Snook harvest has ended for the spring portion of 2023 along Florida's Atlantic coast. Now the popular fishing is strictly catch and release until Sept. 1. That's when the fall portion of the harvest ...

A rare metallic gold bass caught in Florida’s Lake Tarpon has a condition known as xanthism, state marine biologists say. FWC photo Strange things are often caught in Florida’s lakes, but even state ...

More than three decades ago, Arthur Borchgrevink, 69, of Metairie owned a marine-repair shop that was little more than a front to fuel his addiction. Borchgrevink did good work, but his hours were ...