A 2-year-old manatee was found 1.5 miles from open water in a small pond near the Big Bend Wildlife Management Area in Dixie ...

Manatee tours are estimated to have a $20-$30 million impact on the local economy each year. CRYSTAL RIVER, Fla. — Nov. 15 ...

A Manatee County man known as “the Monkey Whisperer,” who made headlines two years ago after he admitted selling an ...

The students from Lamar Middle School were invited to release the creatures on a private landowner’s property as part of the ...

From now until March, hundreds of West Indian manatees will be making their way to the warmer spring waters in and around ...

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

· Red tide can cause illness and death of other animals, such as pets and livestock. Keep animals away and out of the water ...

A 1,550-pound female manatee is swimming free again in Upper Keys waters after a successful release on Nov. 5 at Harry Harris ...

Manatees are eating less seagrass and more algae than they did a few decades ago. This dietary shift could pose a new threat ...

Sea cow, not pond cow. A juvenile manatee was rescued from a small pond in Florida — a mile and a half from open water — after being stranded there due to the storm surge of Hurricane Helene.

The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office Aviation Unit provided aerial assistance to other agencies in two rescues during the past week, one of an injured woman and one of a trapped manatee.