Despite their vital ecological role, manatees face numerous threats in Florida’s waterways. Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus). Wildlife animal. Image via Depositphotos. Florida’s manatees ...

Manatee County commissioners greenlit a $23.5 million land purchase in Lakewood Ranch to relocate many government services from downtown Bradenton. The county earmarked nearly $35 million for the ...

Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium is now a secondary care facility for manatee rehabilitation. There is a backlog at primary care facilities due to various factors like red tide and cold stress ...

Deep in silence, as if under a spell, children watch intently as Bacuri, a young Amazonian manatee, glides around a small plastic pool. When he surfaces for air, some of them exchange wide smiles.

There were fewer Manatee County home sales in March year-over-year, according to the latest Realtor Association of Sarasota and Manatee’s housing market report. Single-family homes saw an 8.5% ...

SARASOTA, Fla. — Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium has been officially designated as a secondary care rehabilitation facility for rescued manatees — a move that significantly strengthens ...

The BayCare Health System broke ground this week on a Manatee County's first not-for-profit hospital and health hub in Palmetto. Set to open in 2028, the $548 million BayCare Hospital Manatee ...

CAXIUANA NATIONAL FOREST, Brazil — Deep in silence, as if under a spell, children watch intently as Bacuri, a young Amazonian manatee, glides around a small plastic pool. When he surfaces for ...

PALMETTO, Fla. (WFLA) — The landscape across Manatee County is changing, especially east of Interstate 75. Along Moccasin Wallow Road in Palmetto, there is construction and new developments ...

A Manatee County teacher resigned while under investigation amid allegations he wrote an inappropriate letter and spent unsupervised time with an 11-year-old student. Jarrett Williams, who taught ...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WFLA) — Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium recently received federal designation as a secondary care facility for manatee rehabilitation. Mote received its first two patients ...