If you ever wanted to see manatees in the wild, kayak in crystal-clear waters, and mingle with the locals, head to this ...

Get all the details you need to swim with manatees in Crystal River, Florida! It's a true budget-friendly bucket list ...

Three Sisters Springs is an important 1.5 acre manatee wintering area within the Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge on Florida’s Gulf coast, about 50 miles north of Tampa. The Florida manatee ...

Contamination fuels algae blooms and wreaks havoc. Our investigation pinpointed alarming chemical levels in nearly 1 in 4 ...

SARASOTA, Fla. — Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium has been officially designated as a secondary care rehabilitation facility ...

Mote, seeking a larger role in manatee rehabilitation, awaits decision on $5 million to build new center for up to 12 manatees ...

Florida’s Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge ... Developers wanted to build houses and hotels near the pristine springs where manatees congregate every winter. Wildlife biologists said ...

Calliope, as she is known, was found orphaned in 2021 in Cayo Costa, FWC says. She was too young to survive on her own, so Calliope spent the next three years being raised at zoos, including Zoo Tampa ...