A succession of intense winter freezes has triggered a sharp increase in manatee mortality across Southwest Florida.

DUVAL COUNTY, Fla. – Manatees in North Florida are dying at a higher rate than they were in 2023 and 2024, including five deaths in Duval County in June, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Pointing to ongoing threats to manatees, a U.S. district judge Friday said the state has violated the federal Endangered Species Act in its regulation of wastewater discharges into ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Pointing to ongoing threats to manatees, a U.S. district judge Friday said the state has violated the federal Endangered Species Act in its regulation of wastewater discharges into ...

VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – November is Manatee Awareness Month, highlighting a time when Florida’s manatees are starting their seasonal movements to warmer waters around the state. Here in Central Florida ...

Florida manatees are starting to move from the warmer waters of their winter refuges and into cooler ocean waters in summer. Boaters and other watercraft users are advised to go slow and look out ...

This week is National Safe Boating Week, which comes just ahead of Memorial Day, when many people across our area get out on ...

The Pinellas Sheriff's Office shared a warning on June 15 after receiving numerous calls about groups of manatees gathering together Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

The section of Florida between Fort Myers and Tampa is home to multiple state parks, including this lakeside getaway with ...