Along with swimming with dolphins, many travelers heading to Florida are eager to get up-close and personal with manatees.

For Florida’s manatee population and manatee conservationists around the world, 2025 was a banner year. ZooTampa’s David A. Straw, Jr. Manatee Critical Care Center released 26 rehabilitated wild ...

Pollution from human waste is putting pressure on Jacksonville’s waterways and threatening the survival of manatees across the state. Environmental advocates say biosolids and leaking septic systems ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — U.S. wildlife officials have agreed to revise the critical habitat designation for Florida manatees, which have been dying in record numbers because water pollution is killing a ...

In the wild, Florida’s manatees already face threats from cold stress, habitat loss, boat strikes and other human activities. Now advocates worry about the potential peril that manatees may encounter ...

ZooTampa at Lowry Park announced that it had released 26 rehabilitated manatees back into Florida waters in 2025 ...

The property, part of which is off-limits to boaters and swimmers to protect the manatees, is co-owned by the Southwest Florida Water Management District and the city of Crystal River. It is managed ...

At Three Sisters Springs in Crystal River, spring-fed water remains a constant 72 to 73 degrees, drawing large numbers of ...