A dozen marine research-related agencies spent two days on a small peninsula off Kings Bay Drive assessing the health of the ...

Crystal River, about 70 miles north of Tampa on ... webcam reveals whether manatees are in the springs. During manatee season, the spring and spring run may be closed to all water activities ...

Some of these events mark Sarasota-Manatee history ... singer Chuck Negron and Sam Woolf, a Braden River High School graduate and contestant on season 13 of "American Idol") and other ...

Floridians love manatees. The marine animals, lovingly known as "sea cows" or "gentle giants," spend the winters swimming in rivers, bays, canals, estuaries and coastal areas from Nov. 15 to March 31.

In January, festivals will be put on in Crystal River and Orange City to celebrate the manatee, with people coming from all parts of the state to see the animals up close. Have efforts to clean up ...

Smoky River Manatees Swim Club will be hosting its annual general meeting at Ecole Heritage on March 6 at 6:30 p.m., welcoming all new children to come check out their club. “As an association ...

Just days into the new year, the city of Bradenton reported another release of hundreds of thousands of gallons of sewage ...

The lawsuit claimed that the city had discharged 160 million gallons of sewage into the Manatee River between 2018 and 2021. The problems have continued. During the 2024 hurricane season the city ...