Foot traffic was brisk along the Tarpon Springs Sponge Docks on Nov. 14 as the previous week’s cold blast mellowed, bringing out visitors who moved at a relaxed pace while browsing the shops at the ...

Bottlenose dolphins have a number of unique hunting techniques that are dependent on the dolphins’ location. One technique is called “sponging.” This is when the dolphin places a sponge on its beak to ...

Opening this past Sunday at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, “Of Light and Air: Winslow Homer in Watercolor” is the largest exhibition of this gentle American giant’s unique watercolor compositions ...

A mysterious discovery in the shadowy waters of Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay has revealed a remarkable new marine inhabitant. During a routine survey, divers encountered an unusually large, pale-green sponge ...

Places like Alys Beach and Tarpon Springs make me feel like I'm visiting Europe. For a quiet beach vacation, I recommend checking out Cedar Key and Seaside. Florida is famous for its beaches, theme ...

In 1954, Kemal Aras, a sponge diver from Bodrum, Turkey, discovered a collection of ancient artifacts during one of his dives off the coast of Cape Gelidonya in southwestern Turkey. Cape Gelidonya is ...

Travelers to the Greek island of Hydra should pack light. After all, what you bring, you’ll be carrying—or loading onto a mule. No motor vehicles are permitted on the small car-free island, though you ...

One bite of honey-soaked baklava in Tarpon Springs, and suddenly you’re questioning whether you accidentally boarded a flight to Athens instead of driving up Florida’s Gulf Coast. This Mediterranean ...

You haven’t truly experienced Florida until you’ve spent a day in Tarpon Springs, where the air smells like a delicious marriage of sea salt, fresh bread, and roasting lamb. This isn’t your typical ...

This waterfront town in Florida feels like it belongs in Florida. Tarpon Springs is a little slice of Greece right along the Gulf Coast. On one of my first visits to this waterfront town in Florida, I ...

Archaeologists and divers returned to the 2,000-year-old Antikythera wreck in Greece and found dozens of artifacts, photos show. Photo from Return to Antikythera Off the coast of a Greek island sits ...

From left are, Ronnie Lolly and his wife Sandy, his cousin Searia, his eldest daughter Ruby and his granddaughter Ellie. PHOTO PROVIDED BY RONNIE LOLLY Lifetime islander Ronnie Lolly said he would ...