Florida Keys

Before the first lobster is ever measured, officials are urging everyone to know the rules...and put safety first.

Chris Dutton becomes first "Young Hemingway" to ever win Key West's iconic look-alike contest.

White beards, broad smiles and a carefully crafted swagger. That’s what rolled into one of Key West’s most legendary bars Thursday night, as the opening round of the 45th Annual Hemingway Look-Alike Contest got underway at Sloppy Joe’s.

Some heroes wear capes. This one has flippers...and a really cool name. A juvenile green sea turtle named Girl Power returned to the Atlantic Ocean Friday after overcoming injuries so severe she wasn't expected to survive.

The Florida Keys’ beloved underwater music festival returned with mermaids, melodies and a mission to protect coral reefs.

Four months ago, a sweet sea turtle named Nutella arrived at the Turtle Hospital in the Florida Keys barely alive. The doctors weren't sure she'd make it. This Earth Day more than 200 people gathered on a beach in the Florida Keys to watch her beat the odds.

Holiday motorists going a bit too fast through a school zone on the Florida Keys Overseas Highway might receive an onion from the Grinch instead of a traffic ticket. Colonel Lou Caputo, who recently retired from the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, donned the Grinch costume Friday morning to stage an awareness-raising holiday traffic patrol at Key Largo School.

The Florida Keys welcomes a lot of visitors during the winter months, seeking warm weather and sunshine. Twenty-five visitors who arrived Tuesday were no exception – but they weren't tourists. They're critically endangered sea turtles, and they're fighting for their lives.

Up in flames! That’s what happened to these red-and-black hurricane warning flags in Key West this weekend. But not before soaking them in lots and lots of — you guessed it — rum. The ceremony, which took place along Key West's iconic waterfront, marked the end of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season on Nov. 30th. It also paid tribute to the humanitarian efforts of the island’s residents who mobilized massive relief efforts for storm-battered Jamaica when the Florida Keys dodged major impacts.