Hidden along Florida’s Gulf Coast is one of the most unusual fossil-hunting destinations in the United States. Venice, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As the high tourism season starts, businesses from Englewood Beach on Manasota Key north to Casey Key are continuing to recover ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Caspersen Beach Park in Sarasota County is shut down after the road leading into the park was washed out by ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Caspersen Beach Park in Sarasota County is shut down after the road leading into the park was washed out by Hurricane Debby. Aerial footage from Eagle 8 HD on Friday showed a ...

The Myakka River, as well as the Alafia River in Hillsborough County and Horse Creek, near Arcadia, are continuing to rise, according to the National Weather Service. That could mean increased ...

A 50-foot-long sperm whale that died after it was stranded on a sandbar off a Venice beach is winched to shore so a necropsy can be conducted. State wildlife and local law enforcement officials ...

The city of Venice in Florida's Gulf Coast issued a no-swim advisory on Monday afternoon as researchers performed a necropsy on a large sperm whale that died earlier that morning. Video shows the ...

SARASOTA, Fla. — Crews have started working to remove parts of the boardwalk at Caspersen Beach in Sarasota. The boardwalk took a hard hit from Hurricane Idalia during the storm this summer. The ...

The Florida Department of Health in Sarasota County has issued a no swimming advisory for the waters at Siesta Key Beach in Sarasota and Caspersen Beach in Venice because of high bacteria levels found ...

VENICE, Fla. — Authorities in Sarasota County are still searching for the person responsible for setting several fires near a beach. Firefighters knocked down several brush fires believed to have been ...

The good news? A total of 14 Florida locations made the list, including two in the Top 10 − Sarasota (No. 5) and Naples (No. 6). The not so good news? There are many attractive, quality places to live ...

The Florida Department of Health in Sarasota County (DOH-Sarasota) is once again notifying the public that elevated levels of red tide have been detected at area beaches, including Venice Beach, ...