Now’s the best time to see manatees up-close in Southwest Florida. And one of the best places for sea cow viewing is Manatee Park, east of Fort Myers.

They’re big, grey and oh-so cute. They're also one of Florida’s best-known, best-loved critters. We’re talking, of course, about manatees. And if you love those chunky “sea cows,” you ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. – An Amber Alert was issued Monday for a 2-year-old white-Hispanic girl missing out of Lee County, according ...

"I do not personally think the panther can withstand these huge threats to its survival," says former federal panther ...

The Disney Parks Blog also adds it will offer ... a theme park under the sea if you will,” Banks Lee with Sea Life Florida told WTFV in October, confirming 25 exhibits in total.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Aaron De Groft, a former head of the Orlando Museum of Art who left the institution under a cloud in 2022 after it was raided by the FBI as part of an art fraud probe into more ...

On Monday, as President Donald Trump’s inauguration coincided with Martin Luther King Jr. Day, some of the president’s most extreme supporters chose to celebrate Confederate general and slaveowner ...

When the Minnesota Twins, Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays report to work mid-February, they begin six weeks of practices ...

But all three Southwest Florida venues said they wanted to help keep some animals in Lee and Collier counties, too. “They put out this SOS to surrounding parks and sanctuaries asking for help ...

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It's more than $94,000 in Lee. But many salaries are nowhere close, the MIT findings show. In Southwest Florida ... we're building new parks, other facilities to be outside, to enjoy and more ...