Tropical Storm Fred has formed in the Atlantic Ocean, the season's sixth named storm with winds at 40 mph. ...more

September 7, 2009

A new tropical depression has formed over the Atlantic behind Tropical Storm Ana and both are expected to slowly strengthen over the next couple of days. ...more

August 15, 2009

South African authorities shot dozens of exhausted whales that beached on a shore near South Africa's storm-lashed southern tip Saturday amid scenes of grief and despair from volunteers who had tried to save them. ...more

May 31, 2009

But he and his wife drove to the marina at the behest of curious onlookers. In the water lounged an emaciated Florida manatee, a third of its tail missing from a long-ago boat accident. ...more

March 29, 2009

Dan Pasternacki knows that running a mortgage brokerage in a frigid place like Denver is no day at the beach. It's become a month at the beach. ...more

March 14, 2009

Another slug of arctic air is on the way that could send freezing weather stabbing as far south as the Everglades tonight and bring even lower temperatures than January's statewide freeze. ...more

February 4, 2009

Another slug of arctic air is on the way that could send freezing temperatures stabbing as far south as the Everglades Wednesday night and bring even colder temperatures than last month's statewide freeze. ...more

February 3, 2009

The potential closing of Egmont Key State Park has Hillsborough County commissioners looking for a rescue plan to keep the wildlife preserve open. ...more

December 30, 2008

A major Norwegian shipping group on Tuesday ordered its more than 90 tankers to sail around Africa rather than use the Suez Canal after Somali pirates seized a Saudi supertanker carrying $100 million in crude. ...more

November 19, 2008

Twenty-knot winds whipped 1- to 2-foot waves on Hillsborough Bay, and temperatures hovered around the mid-60s for the annual Dore Drake Regatta on Sunday - conditions close to ideal for sailing after months of afternoons in the 80s and 90s. ...more

October 20, 2008