Florida wildlife officials are urging boaters to be on the lookout for manatees that are migrating to warmer waters for the winter. ...more

November 17, 2009

As night temperatures cool and summer visitors leave Florida's beaches, a different type of visitor moves across the sand surface each night. ...more

September 30, 2009

The public is invited to share ideas about potential water resources restoration projects at the upcoming Hernando County task force meeting. ...more

July 3, 2009

For a creature that might weigh more than a ton, manatees can be surprisingly hard to see. They often travel just below the surface, and the only thing that shows above is the tip of their nose as they raise their head to breathe, a mouse-sized patch of skin and whiskers that's very difficult to spot from a fast-moving powerboat. ...more

December 7, 2008

By nearly all accounts, Florida's manatee population has made an amazing recovery in the past 30 years. The state once estimated that only 600 to 800 remained, while today the fewest that have been counted during recent winters is 3,100. It's likely the total is much higher, because the warm winters recently have not concentrated the animals in areas where they can be counted readily. ...more

November 30, 2007