The dense jungle echoes with the cries of a distressed elephant. Somewhere in the savanna, a cheetah limps, its fate hinging ...

Going out to eat? See which Sarasota and Manatee County restaurants were rated best by inspectors, and which failed the test.

A clowder of seaworthy cats are ready to find new homes. Manatee County Animal Welfare and the Sheriff’s Office Marine Unit ...

The sheriff's office shared a video of deputies wrangling a massive alligator on the campus of Parrish Community High School.

Someone other than a student got expelled from a Florida school.An alligator traveled a little too close to Parrish Community ...

"We are going to have a pretty good fight with this one," Sgt. Rob Hendrickson with the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office could ...

Some Manatee County deputies had the tough task of wrangling a gator that had made its way onto a high school campus, according to the sheriff's office.

A baby manatee under a month old was rescued in southern Florida after being found alone and struggling in strong currents.

KEY LARGO, Fla. – A baby manatee was recently rescued in southern Florida after it had become separated from its mother.

Calliope, as she is known, was found orphaned in 2021 in Cayo Costa, FWC says. She was too young to survive on her own, so Calliope spent the next three years being raised at zoos, including Zoo Tampa ...

Back in the 1990s, when I was on the criminal court beat, I sat through more murder trials than Perry Mason and Ben Matlock ...