OCALA, Fla. (AP) -- Florida's 150 years of treating tourists to gushing springs, lolling manatees, curious fish and emerald grasses undulating in invisible currents is about to take a turn because of ...

Florida’s 150 years of treating tourists to gushing springs, lolling manatees, curious fish and emerald grasses undulating in invisible currents is about to take a turn because of a chance remark. In ...

The glass bottom boats of Wakulla Springs State Park are docked. They plied the waters of the internationally famous spring during the Memorial Day weekend, the first time they ferried riders eager to ...

GATLINBURG (WATE) – There is a new attraction at Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies…a glass bottom boat! The Glass Bottom Boat Adventure gives visitors the opportunity to see many animals in the Shark ...

agility of a much younger man. At 81, Faison has put in 55 years as a boat captain, and his spiel reveals his knowledge of the Silver River and the wildlife that lives there. Faison is one of three ...

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Perhaps Tom Martin of Darnestown, Md., put it best: “Now I know I’ve been to Florida.” Martin and his family had visited Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom and Epcot earlier in the week. Sure, that was ...