A mother and baby manatee are recovering nicely under the care of the staff at ZooTampa’s critical care center, after being found stuck in a canal for months in Florida. The pair were struggling, ...

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The Trump administration plans to rewrite part of the Endangered Species Act that prohibits harming the habitats of ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — A St. Petersburg woman is fighting for her life after being in a car crash on the Hernando Desoto Bridge in Bradenton. The crash took the life of her unborn baby.

Boat hits are a leading cause of sea turtle strandings and manatee injuries and deaths. A baby manatee swimming beside its mother comes to the surface to breathe, at Manatee Lagoon, a free ...

An unborn baby was killed early Sunday morning by a suspected DUI driver who police say did not have a driver’s license.

A man was arrested in Palmetto after he allegedly drove under the influence and crashed into another car, causing an ...

Officers booked him into the Manatee County Jail. As of April 8, there have been 1,578 crashes in Manatee County in 2025, according to the Florida Crash Dashboard. Of those, there have been 13 deaths ...

A baby manatee swimming beside its mother comes to the surface to breathe, at Manatee Lagoon, in Riviera Beach, Fla., Jan. 10, 2025. Credit: AP/Rebecca Blackwell The issue is of particular concern ...