Manasota ASALH received its largest grant to date – $450,000 from the Barancik Foundation to expand its learning programs.

Although these two species look similar, there are some key differences that can help you tell them apart ...

These gentle giants forage in shallow waters, primarily along the coast of Florida, and often have fatal encounters with boats. What can be done to help them? By Johnny Diaz Reporting from Miami In ...

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — A manatee rescued from a storm drain in Melbourne Beach earlier this year has been released back into the wild after months of rehabilitation. The manatee, named Melby, had been ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — Manatee County leaders are moving forward with a new emergency homeless shelter aimed at helping people get back on their feet. The "Fresh Start" initiative will be funded with ...

With the planned creation of new galleries for its Arts of Africa collection, the Brooklyn Museum hopes visitors will see their cultures “represented with dignity.” By Aruna D’Souza The Brooklyn ...

In the mid-1990s the UN built an airstrip in Ngara, in the far west of Tanzania, to supply refugee camps near the border with Burundi. Three decades later it has a different use. Over the past year ...

It was all hands — and flippers — on deck when a nearly 10-foot mama manatee needed a lifeline in Southwest Florida. After a 1,042-pound manatee was seen fighting for her life in Cape Coral waters on ...

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) -A resident manatee at Gulfarium Marine Adventure Park has been officially recognized by Guinness World Records as the oldest manatee ever recorded. Romeo, a West ...

The Jacksonville Zoo and Botanical Gardens debuts new manatee habitat and critical-care facility March 6, 2026. The habitat's primary purpose is to rescue, rehabilitate, and release injured or ...