ZooTampa hit the ground running this year with their marathon of manatee releases and they haven’t slowed down.

The first manatee ever rescued in North Carolina was released back into the wild Thursday after spending a few weeks recovering at SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida. The manatee had been found by ...

The first manatee ever rescued in North Carolina was released back into the wild Thursday after spending a few weeks recovering at SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida. The manatee had been found by ...

The David A. Straz, Jr. Manatee Critical Care Center at ZooTampa has been nominated for USA Today’s Best Zoo Exhibit of 2025, ...

Pamlico, a 9-foot female manatee, has been released back into the wild in Florida after being the first manatee ever successfully rescued in North Carolina. North Carolina's first rescued manatee ...

Mino was rescued in June from the Caloosahatchee River in Lee County at just 55 pounds. Mino came from SeaWorld Florida and ...

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 at Disney. Next up: An aquarium in the Panhandle.

“I want a manatee hug!” another said ... yet they never forget to follow protocol when observing animals in the wild, since manatees are very sensitive mammals. “If you see this duo along ...

These releases involved many partners, including SeaWorld, ZooTampa at Lowry Park, Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Cincinnati Zoo ...

Recent news articles and broadcasts have drawn on a 2024 University of South Florida study to claim that manatees are not native to Florida or only arrived on Florida’s west coast in the 1950s.

Disney has brought in a few new manatees to the SeaBase Aquarium at the Living Seas with Nemo and Friends and EPCOT.