Despite their rotund appearance, manatees lack any significant fat stores and rely on warm waters to stay comfortable and ...

Amidst environmental adversity, a manatee was saved in a cooperative rescue effort in the vicinity of the Florida Keys. The Dolphin Research Center’s Manatee Rescue Team, with assistance from ...

But that’s not the only sight to behold at Weeki Wachee Springs. Here mermaids swim underwater, joined by manatees, turtles, and fish—and visitors can have a front-row seat to it all. Many of ...

Talks are underway for some sort of merger of the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee campus, the Ringling Museum of Art and New College of Florida. That's according to a report in the Tampa ...

SOUTH MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - A manatee was rescued in Marathon on Thursday after being injured by what’s believed to be a boat strike — all while a brush fire in the area made the effort ...

TALLAHASSEE — New College of Florida could take over the University of South Florida’s Sarasota-Manatee campus under plans being negotiated in the state Legislature, according to a top ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — Two men were hurt when their small plane clipped a power line before crashing into a parked pickup truck Tuesday morning at Airport Manatee. The crash happened just before ...

PALMETTO, Fla. (WWSB) - A plane has collided with a vehicle as it was trying to take off at Airport Manatee. According to Palmetto Police, it is believed that a wind gust caused the plane to come ...

Here's what to know about the chances of seeing the total lunar eclipse and what time it might be visible in Sarasota, North Port, Venice, Bradenton, and across Sarasota and Manatee counties.

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — An investigative operation in Manatee County focused on workers’ compensation fraud and exposed unlicensed contractors engaging in construction activities without proper ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Populations of the rare marine mammals, with their big, round eyes and prominent whiskers, had dwindled so ...

As the Trump administration expands immigration enforcement nationwide, fear of deportation is already reshaping daily life for many immigrant families in Manatee County. While local Bradenton ...