The last confirmed manatee sighting in Cape Cod in Sept. 2016, when a pregnant manatee was rescued off Washburn Island.

Temperatures soared in Sarasota and Manatee this week, but daytime storms forecast this weekend could bring slight relief.

A group of volunteers called the Mangrove Rangers is using drones to track mangrove health in Sarasota and Manatee counties.

The last manatee spotted off the Cape, an 800-pound pregnant female named Washburn, was rehabilitated at Mystic Aquarium.