Crystal River, Florida, USA Crystal River is hailed as the "Manatee Capital of the World," and for good reason. Every winter, about 800 manatees migrate to the warm springs of Kings Bay, seeking ...

BRADENTON, Fla. (WFLA) — Manatee County Animal Welfare debuted a new service that aims to reunite residents with their missing pets. The Lost and Found Animals Viewer shows the locations where ...

To help prevent accidents with manatees, experts advise boaters to wear polarized glasses when moving through waters where manatees are likely to be found, which helps them see under the water and ...

Manatees will spend the next several months swimming to and from warm water retreats as their tropical nature requires temps at or above 68 degrees.

Manatees have died at a record rate since December 2020 for various reasons, including depleted seagrass. but here's what we can do to help them now.

FAU researchers are among the first to use a deep learning-based crowd counting approach to count manatees, using images captured from CCTV cameras.

The manatee’s body was floating in the water. It’s not the first time the aquatic mammal has been seen here. Find out when manatees visit the area.

Seasonal manatee zones require boaters and watercraft users to avoid certain areas or reduce speed to prevent injuries or killing the manatees. Maps of the zones can be found on their website.

According to stats from FWC’s website there were zero dead Manatees in Hernando County in 2020, in 2021 and 2022 they found two, and in 2023 one dead manatee was reported.

A manatee was found dead in the water near the Black Creek Marina, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission confirmed to Action News Jax.

Florida manatees, a subspecies of the West Indian manatee found throughout the Caribbean, are migratory and vegetarian.