Situated in the southeastern expanse of the United States, Florida stands as an internationally recognised state, earning the moniker "The Sunshine State." Spanning a lengthy, level peninsula, it ...

James MacDougald believes he has rewritten Florida history and added further intrigue to the early story of the Tampa Bay area. St. Augustine, founded in 1565, is considered the first successful ...

TAMPA, Fla. — A map considered to be the very first map of the Florida peninsula is going on display at the Tampa Bay History Center. “The Shape We’re In: Early Maps of Florida” exhibit opens Sept. 19 ...

The earliest known map of Florida dated 1511, one of only 20 known copies in the world, anchors a new exhibition of rare maps in the Tampa Bay History Center’s Touchton Map Library. Every school kid ...

Use this map to search for your ZIP code and find out how many positive cases of the new coronavirus have been confirmed in your neighborhood. The Florida Department of Health data updates every hour.

It may be fair to say many of us today will take out our phones or simply log into our GPS units in our cars and allow a soothing, distant voice to guide us to our destination. There was a time though ...

With climate change comes rising sea levels, and that means many parts of Florida are expected to return to the seas. Thankfully, it doesn’t appear as though the entire state will get drowned out ...

Mapping the ocean floor is an important but difficult task. Storms, winds, currents, tides, and even excrement from manatees can pose a challenge to crews making seafloor maps. Nonetheless, groups ...

Republican legislative leaders in Florida say they're going to give up trying to redraw the state's new map of congressional districts and instead consider one offered by Gov. Ron DeSantis during a ...

The 2012 county vote map of Florida illustrates in stark blue and red the tasks ahead for Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in the general election. To win next month, the campaigns must boost turnout ...