Florida deputies made two significant rescues last week— a trapped manatee and a woman experiencing a medical emergency in ...

Manatees along Florida’s coast are eating less seagrass and more algae than they did a few decades ago. This dietary shift ...

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The new Manatee County Board of Commissioners, Tal Siddique, Carol Ann Felts, George Kruse, Mike Rahn, Amanda Ballard, Jason ...

November marks the 45th year for Manatee Awareness Month as well as the official start of manatee season, which runs from Nov ...

A hunter stumbled across a large aquatic creature in an unexpected location in Florida. Then rescuers stepped in. The ...

Sea cow, not pond cow. A juvenile manatee was rescued from a small pond in Florida — a mile and a half from open water — ...

FPL hosts free, family-fun event that marks beginning of manatee season. This year’s kick-off theme is “safe boating,” ...

If the company follows through, the only Tim Hortons in Florida — for now — would be on the state’s Gulf Coast.

One physician at this past week's Florida Climate Conference in Sarasota says climate change needs to be part of medical ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) said earlier in the week, it was notified of a small manatee ...