A polar vortex that hit much of the U.S. with ice and snow has dealt a glancing blow to Florida and its manatee population.

Florida is known for making dreams come true. And while many associate Orlando with vacation magic (Hello, Disney!), a lesser-known destination about an hour and a half northwest brings the same ...

Crystal River, Florida, is home to just over 3,000 ... scalloping, kayaking, and swimming with manatees) is available for embarkation directly from the resort. Want to feel like a local?

FOX 13 photojournalist Jason Wright takes us inside the decades-long tradition of getting up close with manatees in Crystal River. Biden signed 50 bills into law on Christmas Eve. Here are 5 of ...

It’s also home to the NEW Florida Children’s Museum which is amazing ... The only place in North America where you can legally swim with the manatees is in Crystal River and Homosassa. We’ve done the ...

Instead, they're headed upstream and into warm-water shelters and refuges, like the Florida Power & Light plant east of Fort Myers on the Orange River. Cold weather forces manatees to flee coastal ...

It's often called a manatee migration, but ... Orange River. Cold weather forces manatees to flee coastal areas and seek warmer conditions in order to stay alive. Listed as threatened by the state, ...