Lee County leads Florida in manatee deaths from boat strikes in 2025, with 14 recorded incidents. Statewide, manatee deaths ...

A first-magnitude spring, towering cypress swamps, and wildlife-rich forests shape this serene North Florida escape.

The Trump administration wants to roll back protections for endangered and threatened species viewed as detrimental to ...

A manatee has been rescued from a Florida couple's backyard canal. The 8-foot-long female manatee has been breached for more ...

Florida manatees move inland every winter in search of warmer water. Boaters should be more careful this time of year, as ...

Over the course of his career, study co-author and University of South Florida anthropologist Thomas Pluckhahn realized that there was a lack of evidence showing that there was a large population of ...

Trump plan puts profits ahead of protecting animals such as Florida manatees, sea turtles and North Atlantic right whales, conservation groups say.

ORLANDO, Fla. — A proposal released on Monday by federal wildlife officials included that they would continue referring to Florida manatees as a “threatened” species, a reclassification that dates ...

In Florida, manatees are best known as shy, gentle giants. But about once a year, the state’s beloved sea cows reveal ...

Sarasota and Manatee county school districts have denied co-location requests from Mater Academy and Somerset Academy.