Tampa's own technology showcase is off to a promising start. Organizers of the CoolTech exhibition expect close to 1,000 attendees and 45 exhibitors, roughly twice the scale of the show's first incarnation last year. ...more

June 5, 2009

A Tampa firm's amazing discovery of a legendary British warship that sank in the English Channel in 1744 can be seen at 10 tonight on the Discovery Channel. ...more

February 5, 2009

Florida deep-sea explorers said Monday they're still hoping to find 4 tons of gold thought to be in a recently discovered British shipwreck, but are just as pleased to be able to add a piece to the puzzle of Britain's cultural heritage. ...more

February 2, 2009

Florida deep-sea explorers say they're negotiating with the British government over collaborating on their latest spectacular find. ...more

February 2, 2009

A search for sunken treasure on the ocean floor plays out like a cold case mystery on "Treasure Quest," a new Discovery Channel series that follows the undersea salvage work of Tampa-based Odyssey Marine Exploration. ...more

January 11, 2009

Odyssey Marine Exploration, the Tampa company that recovered sunken treasure worth an estimated $500 million from the Atlantic Ocean in 2007, tried knocking down Spain's claim to the loot in papers filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Tampa. ...more

November 19, 2008

Odyssey Marine Exploration, the Tampa company that recovered sunken treasure worth an estimated $500 million from the Atlantic Ocean in 2007, tried knocking down Spain's claim to the loot in papers filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Tampa. ...more

November 18, 2008

Odyssey Marine Exploration, the company that recovered a sunken treasure worth an estimated $500 million from the Atlantic Ocean last year, said late Monday that it lost $6.5 million, or 13 cents a share, in the third quarter. ...more

November 12, 2008

TAMPA Odyssey Marine Exploration, the company that recovered a sunken treasure worth an estimated $500 million from the Atlantic Ocean last year, said late Monday it lost $6.5 million, or 13 cents a share, in the third quarter. The treasure won't be reflected in Odyssey's financial results until ownership of the loot — 17 tons of colonial-era coins — is determined by a federal court in Tampa. Odyssey could be ordered to return the coins to Spain, which has claimed ownership of the entire haul. ...more

November 11, 2008

More people are sure to lay claim to what may be the largest treasure ever recovered from the sea, said Mark Gordon, president of Odyssey Marine Exploration, the company that found the loot more than a year ago. ...more

August 26, 2008