COVERING ORANGE COUNTY. LIVE IN ORLANDO BOB HAZEN WESH TWO NEWS. DEVELOPING RIGHT NOW ALL IS QUIET IN MELBOURNE BEACH AFTER A DRAMATIC RESCUE RIGHT UNDER THAT STORM DRAIN, CREWS SAVED A MANATEE STUCK ...

Three of the Cincinnati Zoo's former manatees were released back into Florida waters this week after months of rehabilitation.The zoo said Lilypad and Vora were released in Blue Spring, and Orchid was ...

City surveyors in Melbourne Beach, Florida, heard an unusual chirping under a road on Feb. 9 while doing routine work, and thought it could be coming from rats. Instead, they discovered a 7-foot-long ...

The Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens will open its new Manatee River Habitat and VyStar SkyScape Entrance on March 6, 2026. A $3 million donation from J. Wayne and Delores Barr Weaver helped fund the new ...

So this is the time of year in South Florida when we welcome the manatees, the sea cows. They seek the warm water close to the coast, especially in West Palm Beach at the Florida Power and Light plant ...

ATLANTA (WRBL) — After eight months of rehabilitation at the Georgia Aquarium, Lorenzo the manatee has been released back into Florida waters. According to Georgia Aquarium officials, in June 2025, ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Seven manatees rehabilitated at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium have been released back to the wild in Florida. The manatees, rehabilitated in conjunction with Manatee Rescue & ...

Over 20 rescued manatees were recently released back into Florida's warm-water refuges. Some of the rehabilitated manatees gained hundreds of pounds, with one group eating over 60,000 pounds of ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — An injured mother manatee and her calf were rescued this week from a river in Florida and taken to SeaWorld Orlando for rehabilitation, officials said. US allies and rivals in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For years, zoos and aquariums have tried to preserve some endangered species. There are plenty of benefits of animals living in ...