People watch for manatees from a pier at the Manatee Viewing Center on Wednesday in Apollo Beach. [ JEFFEREE WOO | Times ] On Wednesday, dozens of manatees dotted the water like rotund ...

In fact, you won't have to pay anything at all. At the Big Bend Power Station in Apollo Beach, manatees seek refuge during colder months in the power station's discharge canal, where clean ...

APOLLO BEACH, Fla. — The water in front of the Big Bend Power Station is full of manatees right now amid the colder weather in the area. “I estimate pretty close to a thousand,” said Lauren ...

Manatees have been flocking to a popular canal in Apollo Beach at record rates. The manatees gather in the clean, warm water discharge canal of a Tampa Electric Power Station. Above the canal is the ...

It’s a quintessential Tampa Bay image: hundreds of manatees swimming beneath Tampa Electric’s Big Bend plant in Apollo Beach, bobbing like russet potatoes in a pot as they bask in the warm ...

and Apollo Beach. Rachel Shanker, Manatee Lagoon Education Manager, says, " This time of year, from November 15th through March 31st, is manatee season. But on a cold day like today, where we’ve ...

APOLLO BEACH, Fla. — The first manatee rescued in North Carolina was successfully rehabilitated and released in warmer waters at Apollo Beach. The sea cow, named Pamlico, was spotted in two ...

The large, grey, barnacled Florida manatees lazily float near the surface of the sheltered canal next to Apollo Beach, on the state's Gulf Coast. The water is heated to the perfect temperature for ...

The public can see the manatees in viewing areas near power plants in Riviera Beach, Fort Myers and Apollo Beach. Dozens of the sea cows, which can grow up to 10 feet long and weigh 544 kilograms ...