Shantay, a female 1,000-pound manatee, is seen floating at Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park in this image from 2022. Shantay died in January after drowning in a pool at the ...

In a heartening moment for Florida's wildlife community, a young manatee named "Churro" was released back into the wild at Blue Spring State Park.

HOMOSASSA, Fla. (WFLA) — A manatee died while in the care of staff at a Florida state park, a federal report shows. A manatee named Shantay was found dead in a medical pool earlier this year ...

HOMOSSASA SPRINGS, Fla. — A recent report from the USDA revealed that a manatee, named Shantay, at the Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park was found dead in an in-ground medical ...

These park rangers oversaw Florida’s only manatee refuge. Then they were fired. Brier Ryver, 26, was fired from a park ranger job at the Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge on Valentine’s ...

Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park: At the state park’s Manatee Care Facility through March 31 and the Underwater Observatory after April 1, attend an educational program about sea cows three ...

Manatee Sanctuary Park is just west of Cape Canaveral off of A1A, about 6 miles north of Cocoa Beach. Hours Free parking is available at the park, which is also free to visit from 7 a.m. to dusk ...

DOGE cuts at a Florida manatee refuge have been reversed — for now. Fired rangers at the Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge in Florida got their jobs back, but manatee fans and local leaders ...

On Jan. 23, an employee at Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park began draining the manatee’s pool to give her care. Staff left the manatee, who was named Shantay, unattended as ...

TAMPA, Fla. — A 1,000-pound female manatee that was recovering at a Florida state park from a boat strike drowned earlier this year after employees left her unattended and she ...