The fair launched its 11-day run Thursday with a variety of animals, rides, food, live entertainment and more.

On Thursday, Jan. 15, there will be free entry to the fair. Alfonso said it’s all part of Building Families Stronger night.

For Florida’s manatee population and manatee conservationists around the world, 2025 was a banner year. ZooTampa’s David A.

The eleven-day Manatee County Fair is held each January at the Manatee County Fairgrounds in Palmetto, Florida. You can learn ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Thousands of people around the First Coast watched rescue crews save a manatee from a storm drain in the Ortega area Wednesday. At around 8:30 a.m., a woman with the street crew ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Just a stone’s throw to Mobile Bay -- the waters of Theodore Industrial Canal are frigid -- too cold for a manatee found by a local fisherman on Tuesday (December 17th). Alerting ...

With (seasonably) cold temperatures here to stay for the next few days in Central Florida, crowds of manatees are currently hunkering down in the warm waters of nearby Blue Springs State Park. That ...