Body camera video showed one deputy tossing a lasso around the alligator’s neck as it hissed and tried to wrangle free.

MELBOURNE BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Manatee with fishing lure in mouth rescued on Earth Day, giving a sad reminder to keep our ...

"We are going to have a pretty good fight with this one," Sgt. Rob Hendrickson with the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office could ...

Calliope, as she is known, was found orphaned in 2021 in Cayo Costa, FWC says. She was too young to survive on her own, so Calliope spent the next three years being raised at zoos, including Zoo Tampa ...

A manatee is back in the water after a team of rescuers worked on Earth Day to remove a fishing lure caught in its mouth on a ...

We find near them a mangrove island at the mouth of Coffeepot Bayou filled with nests and herons, egrets, pelicans and cormorants. The tour’s emphasis is to introduce people to this natural ...

MELBOURNE BEACH, Fla. (WFLA) — Rescuers extended a helping hand to a manatee Tuesday that was found with a fishing lure ...

MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. — There is a need for housing that can accommodate those with disabilities in Manatee and Sarasota counties. The Haven, a nonprofit based in Sarasota, has built more homes ...

Pointing to ongoing threats to manatees, a U.S. district judge Friday said the state has violated the federal Endangered Species Act in its regulation of wastewater discharges into the Indian ...