Thousands of Suncoast residents will be in attendance at Siesta Key Beach this weekend for the annual Crystal Classic Sand Sculpting Competition.

The head that washed ashore on Key Biscayne belonged to a 19-year-old swimmer who disappeared after saving his sister’s life in Miami Beach last weekend, authorities said.

Victor Castaneda Jr., 19, disappeared while saving his younger sister from a rip current at South Pointe Beach on Saturday.

APOLLO BEACH, Fla. (WFLA) — A sea turtle was found more than a mile from the Gulf of Mexico on a rural road in Cedar Key. The ...

A red tide alert has been issued for several Sarasota County beaches.

The harmful algal bloom was detected in background to medium levels up and down the coast in samples taken on Tuesday.

The reports of red tide are coming from an algae bloom that is more than 100 miles long, stretching along much of the Gulf ...

A health alert has been issued for multiple beaches in Sarasota County after low to medium levels of red tide were detected.

Health department urges beachgoers to not swim in affected waters at beaches, including Siesta Key, Lido, Venice and Manasota Key.

The Florida Department of Health in Sarasota County has issued a health alert for the presence of red tide near Ringling ...

Governmental officials and activists have been gridlocked for years over whether and how to reopen Midnight Pass, south of ...