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

The young manatee's mother was nowhere to be seen, and it didn't react when people in kayaks approached it. ...more

March 18, 2009

The young manatee's mother was nowhere to be seen, and it didn't react when people in kayaks approached it. ...more

March 17, 2009

A man who bolted antlers to the head of a dead doe and posed for a photograph with the deer was fined $400 and jailed for game violations. ...more

March 14, 2009

A Golden Opportunity The article "Hatchery Plan Rejected" by Yvette C. Hammett (Metro, March 12) is an excellent description of a new research and educational facility for this side of Florida. This was clearly seen by the favorable position taken by the Environmental Lands Acquisition and Protection Program (ELAPP) general committee. ...more

March 13, 2009

Wildlife officials have fined four South Florida men $10,000 for catching and keeping three undersized swordfish instead of throwing them back into the water. ...more

March 7, 2009

Searching has turned to grieving for the family of Oakland Raiders linebacker Marquis Cooper, one of three men missing after a boat capsized in the Gulf on Saturday. ...more

March 7, 2009

An investigator with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission met today with the family of Corey Smith, one of four men who went out on a fishing trip last week that ended with a boat capsized and Smith and two other men missing. ...more

March 6, 2009

Jesse Tyrone Barresse was duck hunting with some two friends and a child near a Ruskin duck pond when he spotted a bald eagle soaring overhead. ...more

March 5, 2009

Nick Schuyler, the only one rescued so far of four men whose boat capsized Saturday in the Gulf of Mexico, remained in good condition today, though still in intensive care. ...more

March 5, 2009