Authorities are still searching for a 2-year-old boy who was dragged into the water by an alligator on the shores of Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa Tuesday night. The child, who hasn't been identified, was wading in the water when the alligator dragged him into the Seven Seas Lagoon ...

It's not often (or ever, that I can remember) that you catch a red snapper devoid of any of the color in which it gets its name from. Johnathon Morris got quite the surprise when he reeled in a red snapper that appears to be completely white. Image: Jonathon Morris Known as a leucitic red ...

Nancy Smith of St. Petersburg got more than bad weather from Tropical Storm Colin, she also got a couple of surprise visitors. What she discovered was a pair of manatees feeding on her grass in her backyard, which she recorded and posted to her Instagram. "Because of the rain, the tide was up ...

St. Petersburg officials said they were pumping partially-treated sewage into the area after rainwater from Tropical Storm Colin caused pipes in the sewer system to overload. Due to the intensity and duration of Tropical Storm Colin, the City of St. Pete Beach’s sanitary sewer pipe and pump ...

The Lakeland Police Department has yet to identify the body found Tuesday. The alligator let the body go and swam away, police said, adding that the state may attempt to capture the gator. The Lakeland Police Department posted the most recent update on their Facebook page: The Lakeland Police Dept ...

Ed Walker's no stranger to angling or fishing tournament glory. He's been guiding for 26 years with experience as a deckhand and a pier fisherman before that. With 18 IGFA world records to his name, over $500,000 in tournament winnings and having been named the Florida state champion freedive spear ...

Drivers traveling along NW US Highway 441 in High Springs, Florida got quite the surprise today as traffic was temporarily shut down due to a gator crossing the road. The gator had recently finished a meal near Bev's Burgers of the dead deer variety. High Springs Police Department Officers had ...

Separate shark attacks hospitalized an 11-year-old girl and 57-year-old woman in Florida over the weekend. The first attack occurred on Saturday afternoon when the unidentified girl was spending the day with family at Huguenot Memorial Park in Jacksonville. The girl was hospitalized after she ...

Charles Patchen, 13, didn't want to go fishing with his mom and stepdad, Jeanette and Bryan Atwell, on Sunday afternoon. After catching a 63.8-pound flathead catfish - the previous record was 55.05 pounds - on the Chattahoochee River in Jackson County, Alabama, setting a new stare record, he's glad ...

Researchers said DNA testing showed that the three animals who were captured in previous years are Nile crocodiles. The species originated from Africa. Article by TERRY SPENCER, Associated Press: “They didn’t swim from Africa,” University of Florida herpetologist Kenneth Krysko says. “But we ...

Kellan Hunt is no ordinary three-year-old. Just how many people even five times his age do what he's doing? Not many. His adventures of catching bonnet-head sharks, sheepshead and flounder at Anna Maria Island, FL prove there are big things in the future for this little guy (aka, shark boy) - just ...

New evidence has emerged in the mystery of Austin Stephanos and Perry Cohen, and with the new evidence comes new theories. The Florida teens lost at sea sent this ominous Snapchat to friends: 'We're F'd' – inside their final hours. Additionally, family members say new photos of the 14-year-old ...

A standup paddleboarder had quite the lunch break encounter with a shark this past Thursday - and we aren't talking about lunch at his favourite sushi joint. Maximo Trinidad was out in the surf near Corners Beach, Carlin Park in Jupiter, Fl enjoying his afternoon break from work when he suddenly ...

Thousands of Purple Sailors or Blue Sailor jellyfish - scientifically named Valella - washed up on the shores of Hallandale Beach, Florida, on Thursday morning. The jellyfish, which receive their nickname from the small sails which allow it to control where it moves. While such an event may ...