ZooTampa at Lowry Park is currently providing care and rehabilitation to 27 manatees, the most the zoo has had at one time.

TAMPA, Fla. — ZooTampa has surpassed its record for most manatees taken into the park's critical care center at 27 patients.

TAMPA, Fla. – Manatees, which are iconic fixtures of the Sunshine State, might not have always been permanent residents of ...

Recent research suggests that manatees might not be native to Florida, potentially having settled there only after European ...

We know manatees to be important fixtures in Florida, but new research has suggested that they might be relatively recent ...

Manatees are a bit like the Sunshine State's transplants: they recently moved there, attracted by the warm weather and human ...

A new study suggests manatees weren’t permanent residents in the Sunshine State until around the 20th century, drawn in by a ...

New research suggests that while manatees are an indelible part of Florida’s seascape, they might also be relatively new ...

Manatees are a well-known staple of Florida waters, where they’ve been seen cavorting with dolphin pods, forming chaotic ...

An investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to contact the FWC Wildlife Alert Hotline at 888-404-FWCC(3922) ...

Over the course of his career, study co-author and University of South Florida anthropologist Thomas Pluckhahn realized that ...

New research suggests that while manatees are an indelible part of Florida's seascape, they might also be relatively new ...