A woman said an otter bit her near the American Tobacco Trail. Durham County Animal Services followed up about possible rabies exposure. River otters live across North Carolina, but attacks are rare.

We sat down with Beatriz Ryder, the photographer behind the silver‑winning image at the World Sports Photography Awards, to find out about her path and process.

National Geographic explorer Tara Roberts tells how diving to surface the stories of sunken slave shipwrecks has changed her life.

MOUNT DORA, Fla. — A Mount Dora police officer is being called a hero after saving a woman on Lake Dora. Mount Dora police Officer Brandon Buzard rescued a woman and six other people following a ...

A diver was left stunned when her boyfriend proposed underwater in front of a Fiji shipwreck. Kim Paterson, 32, was posing for a photo at the Salamander wreck when William Paterson, 37, dropped to one ...

Editor's note: This story was originally published in February 2025. Michael Patrick O’Neill went from swimming with corporate sharks to real ones. He turned a hobby of underwater photography into an ...

Bruce Campbell was awarded 1st Place in the Underwater Fashion category at the Ocean Art 2025 Underwater Photo Contest for his image “Angel Flying Over Water.” The Ocean Art Underwater Photo Contest ...

Humans have always been a bit obsessed with the places we don’t belong. The sky was off-limits until we built machines to borrow it, and the underwater world still treats us like temporary visitors at ...

The White House on Thursday appeared to share a doctored photo after arresting two people it says were involved in an anti-ICE protest during services at a Minnesota church Sunday. The White House ...

YOU’RE WATCHING WPBF 25 NEWS. NEW AT SIX A WOMAN IS FACING CHARGES FOR ALLEGEDLY PUSHING AND HOLDING A CHILD UNDERWATER IN A HOTEL POOL. THIS HAPPENED AT THE GAYLORD PALMS RESORT IN KISSIMMEE.

A lieutenant on an ATV rushed into action Saturday, rescuing a duo who jumped off a Boynton Beach Inlet dock and struggled to reach the shore. Boca Raton synagogue partners with local pizzerias to ...