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Students from Crystal River Primary School brought their classroom to Hunter Springs Park to learn how to plant eelgrass.

There were 150 manatees sighted last year in the Perdido Bay watershed and another 50 in the Pensacola Bay watershed The Pensacola and Perdido Bays Estuary Program ask the public to be on the ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Federal officials said recent counts of the manatee population in Florida show that their numbers have stabilized and don't warrant upgrading their status to endangered — at least for now.

They're also one of Florida’s best-known, best-loved critters. We’re talking, of course, about manatees. And if you love those chunky “sea cows,” you’re in luck: Now’s the best time to ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — The Salvation Army in Manatee County will serve 1,600 kids from about 800 local families as part of its Angel Tree Program this year. As volunteers work hard to get ...

WHEN YOU MESS WITH OUR KIDS, YOU HAVE MADE ME AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ... TH SeaWorld said the manatee had a watercraft-related injury to its right side. The manatee weighs about 855 pounds and ...

Cameroonian conservationist Aristide Kamla recently won the prestigious Whitely Award for his ongoing work to understand and conserve the African manatee, the least-known and understood of the ...

While he sometimes has been on the losing side of Manatee County Commission votes, it doesn’t discourage him. “I try to give people facts ... “When my kids were little, I weighed about ...

(WFLA) — More than three million free meals have been provided by the Manatee County Schools Food ... the school district has helped provide meals for kids ages 18 and under during the summer ...