Rattlesnakes are pit vipers. Pit vipers have two little heat-sensing pits on their heads between their eyes and nostrils.

Located off Florida's west coast, just across a bridge from Sarasota, this barrier island has all the hallmarks of an excellent beach town. Keep reading for the best things to do in Longboat Key, ...

In 1700, the English merchant slave ship Henrietta Marie sank 35 miles west of Key West shortly after offloading 190 captured Africans in Jamaica. Nearly 325 years later, using the ...