Mino was rescued in June from the Caloosahatchee River in Lee County at just 55 pounds. Mino came from SeaWorld Florida and ...

Floridians love manatees. The marine animals, lovingly known as "sea cows" or "gentle giants," spend the winters swimming in rivers, bays, canals, estuaries and coastal areas from Nov. 15 to March 31.

The Bishop Museum of Science and Nature announced that on Tuesday, Jan. 28, three male manatees were released back to the wild after nearly a year of care at The Parker Manatee Rehabilitation Habitat.

The biggest grant that Manatee County has ever received is caught up by a federal funding freeze announced by President Donald Trump on Monday that was swiftly blocked in federal court on Tuesday.

Dogs aren’t allowed at the park, unless they’re service animals. Park features include manatee-viewing areas, picnic shelters, native plant and butterfly gardens, kayak/canoe rentals ...

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — On Wednesday morning, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) helped rescue a manatee near the USF St. Pete campus. ZooTampa staff says the manatee was ...

Public viewing areas are located near power plants in Riviera Beach, Fort Myers, and Apollo Beach. Rachel Shanker, Manatee Lagoon Education Manager, says, " This time of year, from November 15th ...

SeaWorld Orlando and The TECO Manatee Viewing Center at Tampa Electric’s Big Bend Power Station in Apollo Beach. It’s a popular winter “warm up station” for manatees as they cannot survive for ...

Public viewing ... 1,100 manatee deaths, mostly caused by starvation. Pollution from farm, urban and other sources has decimated the seagrass on which the animals depend. “The center of those ...

Public viewing areas are located near power ... The plant, seen in the background as three chimneys, is at the center of another mass die-off of manatees. (Kevin Spear/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune ...