U.S. Gulf

Mote Marine tracks Whale Sharks In mid-June, Sarasota’s Mote Marine Laboratory got word that boaters were watching whale sharks on the...

Fall shellfish festival season opens Labor Day Weekend. Louisana The shellfish festivals start with Morgan City’s popular Louisiana Shrimp and...

In 1921, a severe hurricane hit the west coast of Florida near Clearwater Beach. Its tidal surge sliced a long...

Songbirds Are Coming Home The songbirds are flying home. We know swallows come back to Capistrano every year—an old song...

"Sandtastic" Sculptures at the Pier 60 Sugar Sand Festival They say the sand on Clearwater Beach is the best on the...

Sanibel and Captiva The two sister beaches of Sanibel and Captiva are some of the prettiest in the world. It’s...

Compete On Flora-Bama Beaches for Special Causes The Florida-Alabama State line slices through fine, white, panhandle sand. It also slices...

The Battle of Mobile Bay YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THE BATTLE CRY,  “Damn the torpedoes. Full speed ahead!” But do you...

Red Snapper Red snapper, delicious, but also heavily fished, is the now the focus of an innovative federal and state...

Goodbye Hurricane Season! So long, Irma. Goodbye Hurricane Harvey. Been nice knowing you. (Well, not really.) But you both will...

In January, both manatees and boaters are on the move looking for pleasant temperatures and good food. As long as...