MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — Manatee County commissioners recently approved an investment of $24 million into the county’s parks. Recently, mornings have been really busy for crews working at Manatee County ...

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. – Florida’s manatee mortality count surpassed 600 deaths in 2025, with Brevard County recording the most, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

In Florida, manatees are best known as shy, gentle giants. But about once a year, the state’s beloved sea cows reveal an…erm…freakier side of themselves. You ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said that the animal was taken to a local zoo for treatment Getty A manatee has been rescued from a Florida couple's backyard canal The ...

GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - On Sunday, a more uncommon visitor to the Coast was spotted in the Gulfport Lake. Videos submitted by fisherman Ross Maxwell show what’s confirmed by IMMS as a manatee making ...

And then there was one in Southwest Florida. And one from Manatee County. Riverdale is the last team standing as the Raiders head into their Class 5A-Region 3 championship game against Manatee on ...

Shop local this holiday season by browsing Florida-centric gifts that, in some cases, also support good causes. The Sunshine State offers goods that support the Save the Manatee Club, Surfing Santas T ...

It's officially manatee season in Florida, and Broward County officials are reminding everyone to be on alert on county waterways and practice safe boating now through March. During this time, certain ...

Staff and community members stepped in to keep the manatee stable when it was stranded at Hole 9 at Crescent Pointe Golf Club. Courtesy of Crescent Pointe Golf Club What started as a routine Saturday ...

CITRUS COUNTY, Fla. — To Vickie Hall, manatee season is about educating others on how to respectfully experience swimming with manatees and the importance of their conservation. Hall is the operations ...

An estimated eight-foot-long West Indian manatee made an easygoing Monday afternoon cruise past waterside homes along the Amite River Diversion Canal in lower Ascension and Livingston parishes, ...

Manatee "season" kicked off Nov. 15, a time when the gentle giants make their way south along our shores and canals to seek warmer waters, often in the overflow from the Florida Power & Light power ...