The plan is stoking concerns over the balance between business and conservation in Manatee County, where wetlands are ...

Residents, environmental advocates and lawmakers in Manatee County are voicing concerns over plans that could bring a cruise ...

A landowner and cruise company wanting to develop more than 300 acres of coastal, mangrove-covered land into a major cruise port terminal began early talks with Manatee County last week, according to ...

A Hillsborough County developer is working on plans to transform a nearly 13-acre island in Tampa Bay into a tourist ...

The first manatee rescued in North Carolina is now back in the ocean. Pamlico, the 9-foot female manatee rescued last fall, has been released into the Tampa Bay by staff from the Florida Fish and ...

It's the first case recorded in Manatee County since 2002, according to health department data.