Here's what you need to know to plan a trip to Longboat Key, including the best hotels, things to do, and more.

A great white shark was pinged six times off Florida's eastern coast last week as it migrated toward warmer waters from the ...

Captiva Island, a tiny barrier island off the coast of Fort Myers near Sanibel Island, is the perfect place to go for a ...

Experts with Florida Gulf Coast University tell NBC2 that there are only about 100-200 albino alligators that exist in the ...

As if Florida needs another ... of La Palma in the Canary Islands off west Africa. A mega tsunami more powerful than any recorded could clobber the Space Coast, some models predict.

Done with cold weather? From the Keys’ turquoise waters to the Panhandle’s white-sand shores and beyond, here are the ...

A 9-foot OCEARCH-tagged great white shark that visited the Southwest Florida coast repeatedly in 2024 is back.

Longboat Key is described as a "tranquil barrier island off the coast of Sarasota ... Longboat Key, a barrier island along Florida’s central west coast, spans both Manatee and Sarasota counties.

has returned to the Gulf of Mexico and Southwest Florida waters. The 578-pound shark, nicknamed "Keji," pinged far off the coast southwest of Marco Island at 7:54 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 4.

12 USA TODAY Florida favorites that opened in 2024 ... Longboat Key is described as a "tranquil barrier island off the coast of Sarasota." "Here, visitors will discover 12 miles of soft white ...

Two more North Atlantic right whale calves have been sighted off the coast of the southeastern U.S., bringing the total number of calves so far this calving sea ...