See the best of Florida from a different angle by visiting this central lakeside city, where seaplanes are a common way to ...

1845: Florida becomes 27th state. 1881: Real estate developer Hamilton Disston buys 4 million acres and begins efforts to drain the Everglades. 1906: The first dredging project began in South ...

A crocodile and alligator were filmed fighting on a Florida Everglades sidewalk, likely for a prime basking spot. American crocodiles are considered a threatened species, but their population has ...