Mermaid with manatees at Weeki Wachee Springs. Less than an hour’s drive from Tampa is a gushing first-magnitude freshwater spring with water so clear it’s like liquid glass. But that’s not the only ...

We are sitting on three intimate rows of wooden benches in a dark, cool room, staring at a giant saltwater aquarium that stretches before us. An immense stingray, small shark and colorful fish glide ...

(WFLA) – Mermaids were spotted 531 years ago today by Christopher Columbus. At least he thought they were mermaids, but they were actually our beloved manatees. The Italian explorer was sailing near ...

INVERNESS, Fla. (AP) — Every year, tourists from around the world flock to Crystal River. A brief drive through the charming Citrus County hamlet provides a hint as to why: You’ll find manatee-shaped ...

It's been said the first sailors to visit the New World mistook manatees for mermaids. But once you slip into the water with these mammoth mammals and meet them face to face, you'll wonder how that ...

Christopher Columbus gets credit for the first written record of manatees in North America, ones he saw near the Dominican Republic in 1492. West Indian manatees, also called Florida manatees, are ...

Less than an hour’s drive from Tampa is a gushing first-magnitude freshwater spring with water so clear it’s like liquid glass. But that’s not the only sight to behold at Weeki Wachee Springs. Here ...

(WFLA) – Mermaids were spotted 529 years ago today by Christopher Columbus. At least he thought they were mermaids, but they were actually our beloved manatees. The Italian explorer was sailing near ...