27, 2012 from an unlikely place for manatees, the Little Econlockhatchee ... home at Gulfarium Marine Adventure Park near Fort Walton Beach. (Rich Pope/Orlando Sentinel) Half the crew of a dozen ...

That includes Lee County's popular Manatee Park, where warm water from the nearby Florida Power & Light plant turns the park’s canal into a giant, toasty bathtub for sea cows. The park is open ...

Manatees come up for air at Manatee Park off of Palm Beach Boulevard in Fort Myers on Monday, Dec. 2, 2024. Temperatures have cooled off in Southwest Florida with some areas seeing the 40Õs in ...

The number of manatees near the power plant can fluctuate, but Shanker said Friday that the most they've counted this year is about 85. “The manatees come here to Manatee Lagoon for that warm ...

following a watery travel route that mother manatees have taught to manatee calves. Public viewing areas are located near power plants in Riviera Beach, Fort Myers, and Apollo Beach. Dozens of the ...

With (seasonably) cold temperatures here to stay for the next few days in Central Florida, crowds of manatees are currently hunkering down in the warm waters of nearby Blue Springs State Park.

Dozens of the sea cows, which can grow up to 10 feet (3 meters) long and 1,200 pounds (544 kilograms), have been congregating for the past week near Florida Power & Light Company’s Riviera Beach plant ...