An injured adult female manatee found in the Little Manatee River near Ruskin on Thursday has a poor chance of survival, experts at the Lowry Park Zoo's manatee hospital said today. ...more

March 20, 2009

Lowry Park Zoo is a prime spot for a new primate. A female orangutan was born late Sunday afternoon. Mother and daughter are doing well. ...more

August 8, 2008

TAMPA - Trappers continue to pick off escaped monkeys in Polk County. One by one, the primates are falling pray to routine and carelessly walking into traps. ...more

July 17, 2008

SEBRING — A Sebring man remained in Highlands County Jail without bond on Friday, charged with molesting a child under the age of 12. ...more

June 28, 2008

Trappers have quietly nabbed a third of the patas monkeys that escaped in April from the Safari Wild nature preserve in Polk County, and authorities say they are confident the capture of the rest is imminent. ...more

June 17, 2008

Trappers have quietly nabbed a third of the patas monkeys that escaped in April from the Safari Wild nature preserve in Polk County, and authorities say they are confident the capture of the rest is imminent. ...more

June 16, 2008

Back when women wore petticoats and men wore straw hats called boaters, a village grew up north of Tampa around a bubbling spring thought to possess magical powers. ...more

December 20, 2007