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

Vacationers appreciate a little break in their itineraries to see manatees swimming in the waters around the Tampa Electric water plant, and they don't have to pay an arm and a leg for the privilege.

Here's everything you need to know before visiting Blue Spring State Park, including the best time to visit to see manatees.

Manatees are a bit like the Sunshine State's transplants: they recently moved there, attracted by the warm weather and human ...

An unlikely friendship was caught on camera in Florida recently when a manatee was spotted swimming and playing with a group ...

CRYSTAL RIVER, Fla. — Ever wanted to swim with a manatee? Today marks your chance. Manatee season is officially underway at Crystal River, "the Manatee Capital of the World." From now until ...

New research suggests that while manatees are an indelible part of Florida’s seascape, they might also be relatively new ...

because disturbing manatees can cause them to swim out of protected areas and into potentially life-threatening cold water. Manatees are a protected species, and it is illegal to harass ...

From now until March, hundreds of West Indian manatees will be making their way to the warmer spring waters in and around Crystal River.

Over the course of his career, study co-author and University of South Florida anthropologist Thomas Pluckhahn realized that ...