State Sen. Jim Boyd said his new proposal is “another tool in the toolbox” to protect the Terra Ceia Aquatic Preserve.

A resident of a Florida aquarium confirmed to be at least 71 years old has been certified as the oldest manatee ever by ...

A 53-year-old construction worker was killed Tuesday afternoon in a construction zone for a new subdivision in Manatee County ...

LEE COUNTY, Fla.- Crews are on scene removing multiple dead manatees from the waterways of Manatee Park. On Thursday, Lee ...

City surveyors in Melbourne Beach, Florida, heard an unusual chirping under a road on Feb. 9 while doing routine work, and thought it could be coming from rats. Instead, they discovered a 7-foot-long ...

LEE COUNTY, Fla.- Crews are on scene removing a manatee from the waterways of Manatee Park. On Thursday, Lee County Parks and ...

A St. Petersburg man was arrested after deputies said he sexually abused two girls in Manatee County.

The move comes amid heightened public outrage over a privately proposed cruise terminal near the mouth of Tampa Bay.

On Wednesday, Senator Jim Boyd (R-Manatee) filed an amendment to a coastal resiliency bill that would expand dredging protections over the Terra Ceia Aquatic Preserve, an area recently targeted for ...

Roundup of Manatee, Sarasota high school sports results for Feb. 16-21, 2026, including baseball, lacrosse, tennis, wrestling ...

Take a look at the latest housing market report for Manatee and Sarasota counties.

The wild-born West Indian manatee has lived in human care since 1957 and far outlived the species’ typical 30–40 year lifespan ...