Manatee County is set to receive a grant worth over $250 million to bounce back from disaster impacts following catastrophic ...

Even in parts of rural Sarasota and Manatee counties, thousands of stars can — at least currently — be viewed in the night sky. But with thousands of homes already approved for development in those ...

Even in parts of rural Sarasota and Manatee counties, thousands of stars can — at least currently — be viewed in the night sky. The areas of dark skies in 2013, on the left, vs. the less areas ...

A manatee was spotted in a Pompano Beach waterway with a bike tire stuck around its torso on Dec. 27, but it swam away before Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission biologists could ...

A polar vortex that has hit much of the U.S. with ice and snow has dealt a glancing blow to Florida, dropping coastal temperatures and causing the Sunshine State's manatee population, still ...

The biggest grant that Manatee County has ever received is caught up by a federal funding freeze announced by President Donald Trump on Monday that was swiftly blocked in federal court on Tuesday.

APOLLO BEACH, Fla. — The water in front of the Big Bend Power Station is full of manatees right now amid the colder weather in the area. “I estimate pretty close to a thousand,” said Lauren ...