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

A warning if you plan to head out to the beach this weekend. The Florida Department of Health in Manatee County has issued a ...

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 ...

There are new warnings about red tide in areas of Manatee County that were hardest hit by Hurricane Milton. Officials said ...

A Florida man, best known by the nickname, “The Monkey Whisperer,” has reportedly gotten into trouble with the law again, ...

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

A 2-year-old manatee stranded in a small Florida pond far from open water was rescued last week after the storm surge from ...

Red tide that has lingered miles offshore from the Sarasota and Manatee shoreline has been pushed closer to local beaches by a shift in the winds.

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

This November marks the 45th anniversary of Manatee Awareness Month, an annual opportunity to celebrate Florida’s beloved ...