TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. — The history of Tarpon Springs is rooted in immigrants who came to the area at the turn of the century from Greece. George Billiris belongs to one of those families who made ...

First we saw a few bubbles. Then so many that the water seemed to boil. Next appeared a bulbous brass helmet, big as a beach ball, trailing a long rubber hose. A human hand clasped the side of the ...

When Orlando filmmaker Tom Lowe came to town last year to shoot a documentary about sponge diving he wasn't sure what he'd find. He spent days interviewing dozens of people. It was only when he met ...

An increase in sponge production would help Tarpon Springs, some say. In an effort to bolster the supply of sponges from waters around Tarpon Springs, a group of local sponge buyers, divers and boat ...

Rancho Palos Verdes resident Torrance Parker donned a copper and brass helmet and a canvas diving suit on Wednesday, plunging into the ocean to give visitors at the Los Angeles Maritime Museum a ...

HERAKLION, GREECE - The best pure athlete in Greece at the moment might be standing on a tiny dock in a small harbor on the island of Crete. Wearing a Yankees baseball cap, a week-old stubble of beard ...