A first-magnitude spring, towering cypress swamps, and wildlife-rich forests shape this serene North Florida escape.

Humans and manatees alike can warm out of those winter blues with the Manatee Festival coming to Valentine Park and Blue Springs State Park this weekend. The 35th annual festival celebrates one of the ...

The Alachua County Environmental Protection Department has started a new volunteer citizen science program to document how manatees are using North Central Florida’s rivers and springs. A partnership ...

CINCINNATI -- Outside of Florida waterways and marine parks, visitors can view manatees at only two other locations in the United States -- and the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden is one of them.

(WFLA) – A well-known manatee who had previously been spotted last “cold season” trapped in a bicycle tire has returned to Blue Springs State Park tire-free! The manatee encircled in the bicycle tire ...

CRYSTAL RIVER (FOX 13) - Hundreds of manatees have been flocking to Three Sisters Springs in Crystal River for its warm waters. The area is closed to swimmers and boaters, but viewing is open to the ...

Heavy rains and flooding have resulted in what state park officials are calling a "brown out" and the closure of the swimming area at Manatee Springs State Park near Chiefland. Other springs along the ...

BRADENTON, Fla. (WFLA) – Sifting through dirt and digging deep into the grounds at Manatee Mineral Springs Park, historic preservation group Reflections of Manatee, along with local archaeologists, ...

Jim Foster had waited four long months for his wife to return to his side. A heartbreaking development means she’ll never get the chance. “My dad absolutely adored her. She was everything to him. He’s ...

DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. (WKRG) — Dauphin Island Sea Lab officials announced they have rescued the first manatee of the new year. The first manatee rescue of 2025 occurred in the Magnolia Springs ...