The Outfall Canal was built to prevent flooding around Lake Tarpon, but Debby’s high tides hampered use of the canal gate. The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a digital replica of the printed paper ...

These golden-faced flies don't raid backyard picnics, but they do eat vexatious aquatic weeds. And next year, thousands of them may help environmentalists rid Lake Tarpon of hydrilla that slows boat ...

TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. — Deputies responded Monday afternoon to Lake Tarpon where a body was found. Detectives identified the man as 50-year-old Mark Mayer, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said in ...

When Wanda Vekasi saw a long object floating in Lake Tarpon on Monday evening, she knew it wasn't an alligator. She'd heard rumors of a crocodile living in the freshwater lake in Tarpon Springs. So ...

The 11-foot-long American crocodile captured last month at Lake Tarpon is one roaming reptile. State wildlife experts now say they are sure it was born in 1999 near the Turkey Point nuclear plant in ...

While conducting electrofishing surveys at Lake Tarpon, fisheries biologists made the rare discovery of a golden-colored largemouth bass with yellowish fins and tail. Lake Tarpon, a 2,534-acre Fish ...

More than three decades ago, Arthur Borchgrevink, 69, of Metairie owned a marine-repair shop that was little more than a front to fuel his addiction. Borchgrevink did good work, but his hours were ...

TARPON SPRINGS | Wanda Vekasi had been hearing stories about a crocodile in Lake Tarpon for almost a year. But that wasn't the first thing that came to mind when she saw a long, peculiar object ...

2025 has been better for the BahamasThe destination reports that arrivals were up nearly 10% for the first quarter year over year. Increased airlift and planned... Carnival's loyalty program members ...

TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. - When Wanda Vekasi saw a long object floating in Lake Tarpon on Monday evening, she knew it wasn't an alligator. She'd heard rumors of a crocodile living in the freshwater lake ...