Here, you might spot flamingos, pelicans, herons, West African manatees ... Its diving, however, is truly world-class, featuring everything from shipwrecks to underwater volcanoes. Legendary dive ...

Late at night on Jan. 18, 37-year-old Lorena Garcia Martin set out on a cave diving trip with her diving partner. The pair planned to explore the Cueva del Agua area, an underwater cave system in ...

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Manatees are slow-moving, seagrass-eating marine mammals. Florida manatees spend up to eight hours a day grazing on seagrasses and other marine or freshwater vegetation, consuming up to 10% of ...

From the surface, all seems calm. Persistent armored catfish latch onto a manatee in Silver Glen Springs in Ocala National Forest, Florida, refusing to let go until shaken off. But Berchem knows ...

When The Bat Cave Gastropub in Melbourne closed ... They also have gluten-free meal and dessert options. Amber Olesen is FLORIDA TODAY's food and dining reporter. Reach her at aolesen@ ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that it does not intend to make significant changes to the threatened status of the manatee species in Florida, despite a notable increase in ...

Florida manatees for decades were considered endangered species, which can receive more protections than threatened species. But in 2017, federal officials reclassified Florida manatees as threatened.

ORLANDO, Fla.—Protections for Florida’s ailing manatees would remain unchanged under a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposal announced this week. The manatees would retain their listing as ...

Watercraft manatee deaths were up in 2024 as 96 sea cows were hit and killed by vessels in the Sunshine State. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, or FWC, is reporting that 565 ...