WPTV reporter Tyler Hatfield took a boat ride with John Hesch, who lives along the canal. Hesch said the speeding boaters are ...

Chata and Baby Ruth, the two-toed sloths living at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens, are moving to new quarters. Here's what ...

Florida's manatees will likely remain a threatened species. Federal environmental regulators won't recommended increasing ...

That's good news, considering a portion of the boat Saow's sea trials are done over a designated manatee habitat. "All of this area here around Venetian Marina is an essential manatee habitat.

Floridians love manatees. The marine animals, lovingly known as "sea cows" or "gentle giants," spend the winters swimming in ...

Between 2020 and 2022, the FWS declared an unusual mortality event after more than 2,000 manatee deaths were recorded in Florida. One reason was the decline in their natural seagrass habitat ...

Manatees have few natural predators – the biggest threat to their survival is humans, who destroy their habitat and injure them with boats. Many of the animals I saw from my kayak had the tell ...

You can also get a bird's-eye view of the area by climbing up the stairs to the 50-foot viewing tower, located halfway down the Manatee Viewing Center's habitat loop trail. Recent visitors ...

Hesch said the speeding boaters are putting the manatee habitat at risk. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said during winter months, manatees travel to canals since they are ...