With nearly 300 days of sunshine per year, white-sand beaches, and crystalline water, Bonita Springs, Florida, has all the ingredients for a perfect beach vacation. Add to that an abundance of parks, ...

Christopher Meindl remembers going on family trips as a child to Ocala, where they’d visit Juniper Springs. “It’s a fabulous looking place,” Meindl, who is associate professor of geography at the ...

Tucked comfortably on the sun-soaked west coast of Florida is the ‘Sponge Capital of the World,’ also known as Tarpon Springs ...

Among all the crazy Florida news this year: We came close to a rezoning change that would have allowed an out-of-state company to build a huge gas station above a serpentine cave leading to the ...

“Behold … a vast circular expanse before you, the waters of which are so extremely clear as to be absolutely diaphanous or transparent as the ether.” Many of ...

U.S. Rep. Randy Fine has proposed a bill to study the feasibility of a Florida Springs National Park, encompassing the Ocala National Forest and surrounding springs. The proposed park aims to protect ...

A Florida congressman is looking into creating a new Florida Springs National Park. The proposal would launch a federal study on whether the state’s springs deserve a national designation.

ZEPHYRHILLS, Fla. (AP) — Seen from the air, a Florida freshwater spring is a bit of liquid heaven, luring humans and wildlife to enjoy its aquamarine cool. With at least 1,000 of them — more than any ...

“Behold … a vast circular expanse before you, the waters of which are so extremely clear as to be absolutely diaphanous or transparent as the ether.” Naturalist ...