As Florida’s wilderness shrinks by the day, conservationists around the state, including in Manatee County, are in a race against the clock to protect some remaining pieces from being paved. Conserved ...

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 ...

Nationwide nonprofit Trust for Public Lands is exploring the county's financial options to make additional land purchases.

Manatees remain among the most charismatic 'canaries' in Indian River Lagoon's ecological ‘coal mine.’ In 2025, they kept singing underwater warnings.

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 ...

I'm honored to share that the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) recently announced significant ...

Manatee County leaders have voted to buy two new pieces of land with the county’s voter-backed conservation fund. A purchase of several acres of forest land at the edge of Rye Preserve, a nature ...

This week's cold front has brought a group of manatees to the warm water which surrounds Manatee Lagoon in West Palm Beach.

A manatee is back in the water after a successful year-long rehabilitation.The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission on Tuesday released a<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More ...

ORANGE CITY, Fla. (CBS12) — In a heartening moment for Florida’s wildlife community, a young manatee named “Churro” was released back into the wild at Blue Spring State Park — becoming the first to ...