This Daytime segment is sponsored by Discover Crystal River Florida. Your manatee adventure starts here, in the Manatee ...

Connor Park is named after Francis Connor, a Manatee County Agriculture Hall of Fame honoree who was a historic figure in the ...

Manatees remain among the most charismatic 'canaries' in Indian River Lagoon's ecological ‘coal mine.’ In 2025, they kept ...

Out on the reef, glass-bottom boat tours, snorkeling trips, and scuba dives reveal rainbow gardens of elkhorn and staghorn coral, goliath grouper, sea turtles, and more. “Going out on the water and ...

Blue Spring State Park is Florida at its finest. Located west of Orange City and north of Orlando, the 2,600-acre destination centers around the eponymous first-magnitude spring that discharges more ...

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 ...

APOLLO BEACH, Fla. — The water in front of the Big Bend Power Station is full of manatees right now amid the colder weather in the area. “I estimate pretty close to a thousand,” said Lauren Gomez, a ...

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 ...

Two manatees named Sleet and Cabbage were released after months of rehabilitation at Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium. The manatees were the first patients at Mote's new secondary care facility, ...

Trump proposal weakens the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and harms Florida sea turtles, manatees, and whales. Public has less than month to comment on critical endangered species list changes. Changes ...

The Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium released the two manatees to Florida waters after months of rehabilitation in Sarasota. Donald Trump issues funding threat to Smithsonian Florida woman accused ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) — The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources is urging boaters, swimmers, and beachgoers to keep an eye out for lethargic, stranded, or dead marine animals as water ...