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The nonprofit Institute for Justice will appeal the loss of a lawsuit it filed for Black property owners over Ocean Springs’ ...

One year after a 67-year-old woman vanished, a Manatee County probate judge has declared her dead, the Bradenton Police Department announced Friday. The Florida Highway Patrol says the Tesla that was ...

which can make manatees lethargic or unwilling to leave warmer-water springs to seek food. In the first 10 days of 2025, the state has logged 19 manatee deaths, including two babies — and that ...

A manatee was spotted in a Pompano Beach waterway with a bike tire stuck around its torso on Dec. 27, but it swam away before Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission biologists could ...

Florida’s iconic manatees gather in droves near the warm-discharge of the state’s coastal power plants to keep warm during cold snaps. AP video by Daniel Kozin A manatee comes to the surface to ...

Watercraft manatee deaths were up in 2024 as 96 sea cows were hit and killed by vessels in the Sunshine State. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, or FWC, is reporting that 565 ...

But this week, the feds balked at restoring "endangered" status to the Florida manatee. Instead, they plan to leave them at the less-serious status of "threatened" and make their smaller cousin ...

Manatee County continued to more closely scrutinize development proposals following the election of new county commissioners in the 2024 elections, though the board ultimately approved the ...

It's time for the 109th Manatee County Fair, which begins Jan. 16 in Palmetto. Although the fair runs each year on the other side of the county, it's big for East County residents, not just ...

A polar vortex that has hit much of the U.S. with ice and snow has dealt a glancing blow to Florida, dropping coastal temperatures and causing the Sunshine State's manatee population, still ...

AMENITIES COME HERE TO MANATEE PARK TO STAY WARM BY THE FPL PLANT ... but the proposed rule pointed to work like restoring springs and local speed zones.Billy Brooks, biologist with Florida ...