TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — ZooTampa at Lowry Park is currently providing care and rehabilitation to 27 manatees, the most the zoo has had at one time. The David A. Straz, Jr. Manatee Critical Care ...

Manatees are classified as threatened, though many environmentalists wish they would return to their former status of endangered. Fish and Wildlife reported 565 manatees dead in 2024. Three years ...

A hunter near the Big Bend Wildlife Management Area, in Dixie County, stumbled upon a 500-pound, 2-year-old manatee last week, according to a Facebook post from ZooTampa at Lowry Park. That ...

Barnes Spanning nearly 60 acres, ZooTampa at Lowry Park boasts natural habitats ... animals at Tampa Electric's Manatee Viewing Center, you're in luck: the zoo is home to Florida's first nonprofit ...

The creature was a 2-year-old manatee weighing about 500 pounds, discovered in a small pond over a mile and a half from open water, ZooTampa at Lowry Park said Nov. 12 in a Facebook post.