That big body of water to the state's left is officially the Gulf of America in Florida now that Gov. Ron DeSantis has ...

Discover fun facts about Florida beaches, from glowing waters and soft quartz sand to rare seashells and pink-hued shores.

"We broke it, we bought it." More than half of Florida's coast borders the Gulf of Mexico, a partially landlocked body of water between the United States and Mexico that links ports in five ...

And with a stroke of the pen, Florida became the first state to officially recognize "Gulf of America" as the name of the body of water off the western coast bordering nearly half of the state.