The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission staff found a small female manatee with severe cold stress in a ditch ...

Going out to eat? See which Sarasota and Manatee County restaurants were rated best by inspectors, and which failed the test.

I spend $1,000 on Philadelphia Cheesesteaks and I attempt to eat them all. Whatever I don't eat goes to the local food bank.

Police said seven horses owned by Carousel Sea Horses were beginning a beach ride on Manatee Avenue West around 11 a.m. when ...

Seven new Sarasota restaurants opened last month, one closed for good, and a legendary local spot was ranked among Florida’s ...

Some 20 years after Sarasota was named "the meanest city in America" for criminalizing homelessness, the city has changed for ...

Does it even count as a trip to Florida if there isn’t an element of odd? Here are a few of our favorite places to experience ...

The center relies on funding from the John H. Prescott Marine Mammal Rescue Assistant Grant Program, she said.

The shrimp will remain just as tasty even if few people actually eat them. Here’s what to know about the gulf ... It is also home to 29 species of marine mammal, dolphins, whales and manatees. Five ...

The past year has a big one for new restaurants in Sarasota and Manatee counties. Here are the ones that stand out. Every year, Sarasota's culinary scene grows with new and exciting offerings ...

Nicholas Haas struggled to relate to his students when he first became a music teacher. A guitarist who grew up as an admirer ...

Manatee County is preparing to join several other Florida communities that have decided to stop adding fluoride to their drinking water supply since Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo issue ...