ORLANDO, Fla. (CBS12) — In a milestone for conservation efforts, SeaWorld Orlando rescued its 1,000th manatee. Since 1976, SeaWorld Orlando's dedicated rescue team has operated one of only three ...

Manatee County is using a conservation tax approved by voters in 2020 to buy and protect natural Florida landscapes from development. This collection of stories details the properties that have been ...

For Florida’s manatee population and manatee conservationists around the world, 2025 was a banner year. ZooTampa’s David A. Straw, Jr. Manatee Critical Care Center released 26 rehabilitated wild ...

It's officially manatee season in Florida, and Broward County officials are reminding everyone to be on alert on county waterways and practice safe boating now through March. During this time, certain ...

Manatee County leaders voted this week to expand a local nature preserve with the purchase of 13 acres of island property near the mouth of the Braden River. The $41,500 land buy will add a missing ...

Recent news articles and broadcasts have drawn on a 2024 University of South Florida study to claim that manatees are not native to Florida or only arrived on Florida’s west coast in the 1950s. These ...

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STUART, Fla. (CBS12) — A manatee was released back into the wildThursday morning after suffering serious injuries from a boat propeller. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said the ...

PREVENT THE INFECTIOUS DISEASE, BUT ALSO TO GUARD AGAINST A POTENTIAL ALLERGIC REACTION. THE END OF MARCH IS ALSO THE END OF MANATEE SEASON. ACROSS OUR WATERS. FIRST WARNING METEOROLOGIST BROOKE SILVA ...