While red tide counts reportedly fell in parts of Florida's Gulf coast, the toxic algae is suspected in the recent deaths of a manatee and a dolphin.

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Florida saw over 500 manatee deaths in 2024, according to data from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

As temperatures dropped in January across much of the East and the Sunshine State, threatened manatees suffered significant ...

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As temperatures drop, Florida’s manatees face dangerous conditions with some developing cold stress, a potentially deadly ...

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - As temperatures dropped in January across much of Florida and the East, threatened manatees suffered their highest death toll from cold stress reported in six years.

Dead fish littered many Sarasota and Manatee County beaches into Presidents Day as red tide offshore of Southwest Florida ...

A FWC map from Tuesday afternoon showed varying degrees of red tide in the water off Manatee and Sarasota counties.