Confirming a previously hypothesised role of the Amazonian manatee as a gardener of the forests, biologist Michelle Guterres’ study adds another cap to the already impressive portfolio of this gentle ...

Police said seven horses owned by Carousel Sea Horses were beginning a beach ride on Manatee Avenue West around 11 a.m. when ...

After the preschool years, kids still like cartoons, but they want something more complex than straightforward messages about friendship and sharing. They like a bit of conflict, some bad guys (who ...

One year after a 67-year-old woman vanished, a Manatee County probate judge has declared her dead, the Bradenton Police Department announced Friday. The Florida Highway Patrol says the Tesla that was ...

Tiffany Tompkins ttompkins@bradenton.com 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 ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that it does not intend to make significant changes to the threatened status of the manatee species in Florida, despite a notable ...

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

ORLANDO, Fla.—Protections for Florida’s ailing manatees would remain unchanged under a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposal announced this week. The manatees would retain their listing as ...

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 ...

Watercraft manatee deaths were up in 2024 as 96 sea cows were hit and killed by vessels in the Sunshine State. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, or FWC, is reporting that 565 ...