Along with swimming with dolphins, many travelers heading to Florida are eager to get up-close and personal with manatees.

It’s one thing to visit an aquarium and gaze in awe at a 1,000-pound manatee swimming just behind the glass. It’s another thing to share the same water with Florida’s sea cows, encountering them in an ...

CRYSTAL RIVER, Fla. -- They are suspended like spacecraft in the clear water, their deliberate movement made buoyant despite their mass. They look a bit like Wilfred Brimley smiling at you. Swimming ...

A lawsuit could soon be filed to force federal environmental officials to reverse recent cuts in staffing at the largest manatee sanctuary in the world. The target is the Crystal River National ...

Thanks to its warmer temperature, this gorgeous swimmable spring transforms into a haven for endangered manatees every winter ...

You can swim with manatees in Crystal River. FOX 35's David Martin has all the details about this unique experience.