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A sheriff is scheduled to appear in court after he "accidentally" shared a photo of 13-year-old Madeline Soto's dead body in a carousel on Instagram.

Florida is the "most selfie-obsessed state" in the U.S., according to a recent study.

A huge shark was caught on a fishing line and brought ashore onto a Florida beach for people to take photos and selfies with the animal.

A baby dolphin is believed to be dead after a man picked it up and held it out of water for an Instagram photo.

As reported by WFLA, longtime Florida wedding photographer Michael Zoumberos spent nearly a year in jail for civil contempt because he refused to cooperate with federal investigators concerning a major DEA scandal that included Zoumberos' brother, former DEA agent George Zoumberos.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been called to testify about the complicity of its social media platforms in facilitating an "extraordinary" number of human trafficking cases.

A wildlife photographer hunting for a famous crocodile named "Croczilla" in the Florida Everglades finally had her patience pay off when she stumbled across the gigantic creature at a pond.

A Florida state bill filed in 2020 and passed in 2021 goes into effect this week and has banned government agencies from using any drones that were manufactured in China. Some agencies aren't happy and say it unnecessarily increases costs.

A curious man dropped a GoPro camera into the waters of Navarre Beach, Florida to document the remarkable sea life in the Gulf of Mexico.

A wildlife photographer captured the moment she stumbled upon a massive 15-foot Burmese python crossing the road in Florida.

Terrifying footage of an occupied home being washed away in Florida by Hurricane Ian has been captured by storm chaser Max Olson.

A Florida man has died after he became buried in the sand in what officials speculate was caused by the collapse of a dune he was leaning while photographing the morning sunrise with his GoPro.

Ever since coming across the pink 17th Street lifeguard tower on Miami Beach a few years ago, photographer Thomas Kwak has captured over 30 of these playful and vibrant beach structures for his "Lifeguard Towers: Miami" photobook.

A photographer in Florida has fulfilled her dream and has launched a photo studio with one specific purpose: to capture macro shots of customers' eyes.

Journalism and civil rights groups have joined in the effort to overturn a West Palm Beach appeals court decision that they think could block the public and press from filming police in the future.

This past weekend, all three occupants of a speedboat in Marin County, Florida somehow fell overboard while "doing a photo shoot," sending the unmanned boat careening towards the shore at full speed, where it hit a dock and went airborne.

I was 13 years old when I was first bitten by the photography bug, merely as a matter of happenstance. Though I wasn’t completely isolated from photography, as my father was already shooting weddings at the time, he happened to need an assistant one particular day so I tagged along.

What does Santa do in the 'off-season' between January and December? Does he go swimming? Work in his wood shop? Play the keyboard? Photographer Mary Beth Koeth set out to find out, and the answers are yes, yes, and yes.

Beachgoers in Argentina sparked outrage around the world last week after purportedly killing an at-risk baby dolphin by passing it around for photos. Now a similar video has emerged from Palm Beach, Florida, and this one is sparking new debate.

The 1.5-minute video above shows a man pulling a shark from the water and posing for photos with it before setting it free.

While out on a waterfront photo shoot, Florida-based hip-hop artist ‘Presto Flo’ had the blooper of a lifetime. As he was standing on the edge of a seawall, posting and having his photo taken, a strong gust of wind caught him off guard and sent him tumbling into the water below.

As a photojournalist, there are many moments where you have to answer a simple ethical question: do you take the photo, or do you try to help? This happens a lot in more tragic events, and conflict photographers are often accused of making the wrong choice.

Which is the right and wrong choice is up for debate in any given situation -- a photo might spark change on an international level after all -- but one thing is for sure: we don't often hear about photojournalists putting down the camera and choosing to help right then and there. That, however, is exactly what happened in the case of Miami Herald photojournalist Al Diaz in February of this year.

Jovan 'Bonna' Lamb was born and raised in the Overtown neighborhood of Miami, Florida, an area marked by poverty and crime. As a teenager in the area, he'll tell you that he was "a young hoodlum ... becoming a thug" until something happened: he stumbled across a camera.

Check out this incredible photograph of a waterspout, a type of tornado that forms over a body of water. That's a huge column of condensation rising up from Tampa Bay into the clouds above. The photo was captured last Tuesday (July 9th, 2013) by 22-year-old Joey Mole in Tampa, Florida (here's a larger version).