Lil Joe’s amazing life journey has taken him from peril in the St. Johns River to near-tragedy in the Little Econ to recovery ...

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Needing to work well after retirement age, Bradenton woman needs a helping hand after being displaced by Hurricane Milton.

Pamlico was released at Tampa's Big Bend Power Station in Apollo Beach in Florida, a popular 'warm-up station' for manatees in the winter. She was medically cleared by SeaWorld Orlando and the U.S.

Between Jan. 9 at 4:35 p.m. and Jan. 10 at 9:30 a.m., a grey mare (female horse) went “suspiciously” missing from a residence in the 30600 block of Betts Rd in Myakka City.

A polar vortex that has hit much of the U.S. with ice and snow has dealt a glancing blow to Florida and its manatee ...