TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. (WFLA) — Tarpon Springs is known as the “Sponge Capital of the World,” where most of the world’s natural sponges come from. The industry began to grow in the 1890s when Greek ...

“Do you ever wonder how much deeper the ocean would be without sponges.” – Stephen Hawking For a number of years, Evie and I have enjoyed going south for a few weeks during the coldest part of the ...

KALYMNOS, Greece — The island of the fearless sponge divers now has an enemy it dreads: a fast-spreading blight that has chewed up sponge beds across the Mediterranean. The disease, which leaves the ...

TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. -- Don't worry about Argie Mastromichalis. She can handle any wise-guy tourist visiting the town known as Florida's sponge capital. "So," says Mastromichalis, who's behind the ...

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