A police investigation is underway after witnesses reported a struggling swimmer early Saturday in Fort Lauderdale’s New ...

The suspect in the German car-ramming attack that killed five and injured more than 200 on Friday has been identified as Taleb al-Abdulmohsen, a self-described member of the “liberal opposition ...

A former Manatee County commissioner is suing the creators of a political cartoon and other critics after losing his reelection bid in August. In a recently filed lawsuit, former District 3 ...

Authorities said 8-year-old Michael Millet was killed after a dog attack north of Deland earlier this week. Local animal advocates said responsibility lies with the owner of those dogs.

On Monday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published a proposed rule that would keep the Florida manatee at threatened and uplist the Antillean manatee, another west Indian sub ...

A polar vortex that has hit much of the U.S. with ice and snow has dealt a glancing blow to Florida and its manatee ...

At 4:51 p.m., fire crews responded to another incident when they learned of a fire at Manatee/Metro Ice, an ice supplier located in the 800 block of 8th Avenue Drive West. Thousands flee as wildfires ...

17, 2020, at the Sunset Village Mobile Home Park in Bradenton. Deputies from the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office responded to ...

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A state report shows more than 500 manatees died in Florida waters in 2024. The gentle sea cows are listed as threatened. But their numbers are far higher now than they have been historically.

Ever since award-winning marine biologist Aristide Takoukam Kamla’s first hard-won sightings of African manatees, he has been devoted to protecting the little-known and at-risk aquatic mammals.

One reason: Such attacks, repurposing as a weapon one of the millions of vehicles that are on the roads every day, are so difficult to stop. “That’s been a concern from the beginning — we ...