Kayaking and diving are allowed between April ... paddlers can commune with the manatees at this state park near Ocala in central Florida. Rent canoes, kayaks, and stand-up paddleboards at the ...

Central Florida Explorer Patrick Connolly experiences Crystal River’s biggest tourist draw, swimming with manatees. (Courtesy Fun 2 Dive) While manatees have no natural predators, they face ...

One of the first things you'll learn when visiting Florida’s coastal manatee habitats is that these ... or rent a boat from Crystal River Kayak Company and Dive Center just down the street ...

A federal judge has ordered the Florida Department of Environmental Protection to take a series of steps aimed at protecting ...

When pulled out of the Manatee River, the so-called “sunken Suburban” that had eluded the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office ...

The injured manatee was discovered back in May in Manatee Pocket. Amber Howell, an assistant research scientist with the Florida Fish and ... unable to dive underwater, and floating sideways ...

“I’ve been in Florida since 1970 and scuba certified since I was 12 years old. I probably do about 150 tanks a year diving,” said Brown, who often is tasked with finding underwater lost ...

Who is the Sarasota and Manatee County area's best girls swimmer entering the 2024 Florida high school season? The Sarasota Herald-Tribune has selected its definitive list of the 20 best girls ...

That meant examining water quality across Florida. Manatees’ main food source ... Reporters spent more than a year reconstructing the die-off, diving deep into the causes of pollution ...