When I had my first opportunity to swim with manatees a handful of years ago, I must admit that I was hesitant—not because I ...

Florida is known ... navigation through all the manatees' favorite springs and hideouts. Outfitters like River Ventures and Crystal River Watersports offer 3-hour swim with manatee tours starting ...

With temperatures plunging in Volusia County Wednesday night, Thursday morning brought a rush of manatees to Blue Spring State Park. Park officials were out before 8 a.m. counting how many ...

A polar vortex that has hit much of the U.S. with ice and snow has dealt a glancing blow to Florida, dropping coastal temperatures and causing the Sunshine State's manatee population, still ...

It’s a winter home to hundreds of swimming gentle ... parks in all of Florida. Blue Springs State Park attracts over 700,000 visitors each year, all hoping to see manatees.

Besides inland natural springs, a popular destination for the docile aquatic mammals is the warm-water outflows of about a dozen power plants around Florida. Manatees have been attracted to the ...

(AP) — A polar vortex that has hit much of the U.S. with ice and snow has dealt a glancing blow to Florida, dropping coastal temperatures and causing the Sunshine State’s manatee population ...