This week, during Manatee County’s Farm City Week, students are participating in the Manatee County 4-H Ag Venture program.

DESCRIPTION: West Indian manatees are large, gray-brown aquatic mammals with bodies that taper to a flat, paddle-shaped tail. They have two flippers with three to four nails on each, and their head ...

November is Manatee Appreciation Month, but in Margaritaville we appreciate these gentle loving sea critters all year long. Case in point, Jimmy Buffett is the co-founder of Save the Manatee Club ...

(WHTM) — The last Wednesday of March is National Manatee Day. These amazing creatures are not only adorable, but also very important to signaling the status of our environment. Here are some fun facts ...

ZooTampa at Lowry Park is undergoing it's largest expansion ever with its Straz Family Manatee Rescue Center and ‘Florida ...

With the new rezoning maps comes the decision to open only sixth grade in August instead of sixth, seventh and eighth all at ...

County parks and natural preserves in Manatee will remain open, as will Manatee Public Beach, Manatee County and Buffalo ...

Watch out for massive piles of manatees at local beaches this summer as mating season for the sea cow has arrived. These gentle herbivores get lost in love during the summer months, and they're ...

This was no ordinary unruly patron that night in early September. It was 39-year-old Randall Crawford — a lieutenant with the ...

Manatee Memorial Hospital on Tuesday reported an incident involving the protected health information of patients. Letters were mailed to potentially affected persons beginning Dec. 12, the hospital ...