Florida Gulf coast /tags/florida-gulf-coast Florida Gulf coast en-US SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ä± Wed, 15 Oct 2025 12:00:00 GMT Flamingos are making a home in Florida again after 100 years – an ecologist explains why /environment/2025-10-15/flamingos-are-making-a-home-in-florida-again-after-100-years-an-ecologist-explains-why Hurricane Idalia blew a flamboyance, or flock, of 300-400 flamingos that was likely migrating between the Yucatan Peninsula and Cuba off course in August 2023 and unceremoniously deposited the birds across a wide swath of the eastern United States, from Florida’s Gulf Coast all the way up to Wisconsin and east to Pennsylvania. Wed, 15 Oct 2025 12:00:00 GMT /environment/2025-10-15/flamingos-are-making-a-home-in-florida-again-after-100-years-an-ecologist-explains-why Jerome Lorenz | The Conversation Fishermen describe rescue of missing teens who spent 16 hours adrift overnight off Gulf Coast /florida-news/2025-03-19/fishermen-missing-teens-floirda-gulf-coast A trio of fishermen off Florida's Gulf Coast experienced the catch of a lifetime: two 16-year-old friends who had spent the night adrift on a paddleboard waving down their rescuers from atop an oyster bar miles from shore. Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:47:59 GMT /florida-news/2025-03-19/fishermen-missing-teens-floirda-gulf-coast Diego Perdomo | Fresh Take Florida Airplane crash off Florida's Gulf Coast leaves 2 dead, 1 missing /news/2022-12-05/airplane-crash-off-floridas-gulf-coast-leaves-2-dead-1-missing A woman and a child are dead and another person is missing after a plane crashed off Florida's Gulf Coast. Mon, 05 Dec 2022 12:30:00 GMT /news/2022-12-05/airplane-crash-off-floridas-gulf-coast-leaves-2-dead-1-missing The Associated Press A Fort Myers development proposal may be the first gauge of the Gulf Coast's post-Ian approach /hurricane-coverage/2022-10-10/a-fort-myers-development-proposal-may-be-the-first-gauge-of-the-gulf-coasts-post-ian-approach A residential development proposal would clear mangroves, and storm-surge buffer, near Shell Point. Lee County commissioners will vote on it next month. Mon, 10 Oct 2022 12:00:00 GMT /hurricane-coverage/2022-10-10/a-fort-myers-development-proposal-may-be-the-first-gauge-of-the-gulf-coasts-post-ian-approach Tim Padgett