Tampa, Florida -- UPDATE: The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is back out on the water on Monday, searching for a missing boater near Egmont Key. Rescue crews went out at 7 a.m. from ...

EGMONT KEY, Fla. -- State archaeologists have been notified after a possible artifact washed up on Egmont Key this week. The object found appears to be a dug out canoe. Jeffrey Moates with the Florida ...

EGMONT KEY, Fla. (WFLA) — A shocking video caught a Bradenton man landing a helicopter in the middle of a closed shorebird nesting site at Egmont Key State Park. The Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

You probably don’t know five people who’ve set foot on Egmont Key, a roughly 250-acre island at the mouth of Tampa Bay. The rapidly disappearing landmass is visible from the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, ...

EGMONT KEY, Fla. (AP) – Fire officials are assessing the damage after a lightning strike sparked a fire on Egmont Key off Florida’s west coast. Authorities say almost 80 acres burned Tuesday following ...

The team is creating three-dimensional images of the historic island in case it finally disappears. Their three weeks of scanning winds up at the end of the month. Graduate students and staff from the ...

FORT DESOTO, Fla. (WFLA) – The cell phone service isn’t great, it’s only accessible by ferry and the waters are pristine and clear. Egmont Key is a perfect place in the Tampa Bay area to “go off the ...