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 ...

Abstract: The Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus) is an endangered herbivorous aquatic mammal whose role as an ecological balancer and umbrella species underscores the importance of its ...

ZooTampa at Lowry Park announced that it had released 26 rehabilitated manatees back into Florida waters in 2025 Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

Neal J. Riley is a digital producer for CBS Boston. He has been with WBZ-TV since 2014. His work has appeared in The Boston Globe and The San Francisco Chronicle. Neal is a graduate of Boston ...

New data from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission revealed that more than 628 manatees have died statewide in 2025—an increase from the 565 deaths reported in 2024. The situation in ...

A small population of Lesser Antillean iguanas brought to the Prickly Pear East islet in Anguilla have ballooned into more than 300 lizards Andrew Snyder/Re:wild (2) A group of iguanas in the ...

In the wild, Florida’s manatees already face threats from cold stress, habitat loss, boat strikes and other human activities. Now advocates worry about the potential peril that manatees may encounter ...

CITRUS COUNTY, Fla. — To Vickie Hall, manatee season is about educating others on how to respectfully experience swimming with manatees and the importance of their conservation. Hall is the operations ...

Manatee "season" kicked off Nov. 15, a time when the gentle giants make their way south along our shores and canals to seek warmer waters, often in the overflow from the Florida Power & Light power ...

The recent cold weather spell in South Florida brought out a one-day record of 230 manatees, our snowbirds of the sea, warming up in the outflow waters of Florida Power & Light Co.’s Riviera Beach ...