Florida Keys

It was the goodbye everyone had hoped for. Timmy, the larger-than-life loggerhead sea turtle...who won the hearts of her caregivers during weeks of rehabilitation, returned to her ocean home Friday in Key West.

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.