Manatee in a sentence

The fare-free trolley operated by Manatee County Area Transit stops at the Manatee Public Beach in mid-April for people to catch a ride north.

The Lamborghini crashed by Kiri Stewart rests on the south side of Manatee Avenue Dec. 29, after she accelerated and spun out of control through the intersection at Manatee Avenue and Gulf Drive in Holmes Beach.

The weather cooled in Manatee County, but Manatee County tourist tax collections heated up.

These newcomers to the sport got their first taste of competition in the Manatee Wrestling Club’s I Own Florida youth wrestling championships Dec. 16 at Manatee High School in Bradenton.

Lee's 2021 manatee deaths were highest in February when 23 of the large aquatic mammals perished.

One such patient was Asha, a manatee who was successfully rehabilitated despite her dire circumstances in March 2021.

Patrick Rose of the Central Florida-based Save the Manatee Club said another reason why Indian River Lagoon may be finding fewer dead manatees is fewer living manatees.

The three fancy names above that look like typos are scientific-speak for a ferret, a manatee and a condor, but you knew that, right?

The Viewing Guidelines page on this website provides helpful tips on how to respectfully observe manatees, additional guidelines for boat and personal watercraft operators, and information on what you can do to help with manatee conservation.

Within minutes of swimming towards the estuary, we encountered our first manatee.

Head south, across the Sunshine Skyway bridge and into Manatee County, until you hit State Road 70. Take it east, into Florida's interior.

He constantly draws the gentle giants and cuddles his stuffed manatee.

As more people test negative, researchers can determine outbreak “hot spots,” Jacob Saur, Manatee County public safety director, said April 28 during a county commission meeting held via videoconference.

Counter space is limited in my room, but I’ll sacrifice a corner for my favorite stuffed manatee and my (the little yellow cup and metal straw in the far left).

Horseback riders are invited to navigate trails at the Little Manatee River State Park from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Jan.

Multiple people have tested positive in Florida, including a man in Manatee County, who currently is being treated at a hospital in Sarasota, where the Twins played on Thursday.

Other changes, like the Environmental Protection Agency’s to suspend air and water pollution monitoring requirements during the outbreak, can further harm manatee habitats.

Testing continued at six Manatee Rural Health Inc. locations, a walk-up site at Lincoln Park in Palmetto, and a state-sponsored regional testing site at the Mall at University Town Center in Sarasota.

The Bradenton Area Convention and Visitor’s Center had announced the competition would take place in Manatee County in January, with the events planned for May at a sports complex in Lakewood Ranch.

To avoid hitting manatees, boaters need to keep their eyes open for manatee “footprints” or circular slicks on the surface of the water and follow all the posted speed limits.