Spanish authorities have scored a major victory in their legal battle to reclaim a half-billion dollars worth of sunken treasure found and recovered by Tampa-based ocean salvager Odyssey Marine Exploration. ...more

December 24, 2009

Odyssey to buy company stake Tampa treasure-hunting company Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc. announced a deal Friday to acquire a minority interest in SMM Project LLC, which controls licenses for mineral exploration of about 150,000 square kilometers of Pacific Ocean floor. Odyssey expects to dedicate a ship, technology and supervision to explore for deep-ocean gold, copper and silver deposits. ...more

November 21, 2009

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