Environmental enthusiasts should be able to observe infant loggerhead sea turtles hatching and emerging from their nest, via a streaming Webcam in the Florida Keys. ...more

August 17, 2009

Two Tampa Bay area men died in separate diving accidents in the Florida Keys while hunting lobster Thursday. ...more

August 8, 2009

About 400 divers and snorkelers had to get wet to listen to a radio station's broadcast in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. ...more

July 11, 2009

A 13-year project to create an artificial reef off the Florida Keys for sport divers and anglers has culminated with the scuttling of a 523-foot-long former U.S. Air Force missile tracking ship. It took just a minute and 54 seconds Wednesday to sink the Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg after demolition experts triggered a series of explosives that lined both sides of the ship's bilge area below the waterline. The ship settled on the bottom of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary in an upright position. ...more

May 28, 2009

The Coast Guard says a woman and her young daughter were found in the waters off the Florida Keys this week, after they tried to swim to shore when their boat ran out of gas. Kerry Harrison and her 2-year-old were both wearing life jackets when a boater picked them up Wednesday. Jim Olive, acting commander of Coast Guard Sector Key West, says he is "extremely grateful" the mother and daughter were both located alive. ...more

May 21, 2009

In the trek from Buffalo, N.Y, to the Florida Keys, Tampa is the next stop for a solar powered car that only uses the gentle rays of the sun to keep going. ...more

May 12, 2009

An American Crocodile whose skull was rebuilt by veterinarians at Miami Metrozoo has died. ...more

April 3, 2009

Commercial lobster fishermen in the Florida Keys say a "disastrous" spiny lobster harvesting season has come to an end. ...more

March 31, 2009

KEY WEST, Fla. - Key West marine officials are campaigning against the possible invasion of a venomous marine fish popular with fish collectors. ...more

March 2, 2009

It's not much fun for a smoker to overnight in Florida any longer. ...more

December 31, 2008