The Florida Manatee Festival features vendors, food, entertainment and manatee tours. Located in the "Manatee Capital of the World", The Florida Manatee Festival is an annual event held every January in beautiful downtown Crystal River. This year's festival takes place on Saturday, January 17, from 9 am. - 5 pm and Sunday, January 18, from 9 am - 4 pm. The Florida Manatee Festival boasts two days of live entertainment, discounted opportunities for guided manatee boat tours an

The peak season for observing manatees is November through April, and the local manatee population swells to its largest size between December and February. Manatees roam the waters of Florida from April through October, but when things get a bit chilly, they head to places like freshwater Florida Springs , where the temperatures remain constant throughout the year. It may not seem warm when you jump into a freshwater spring, but the water temperatures remain around 70 degre

For much of the year, manatees are widely dispersed in Florida's waterways, but during the colder winter months, manatees head for warm...

Intricate trip is successful culmination of rescue efforts by four zoological facilities, The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Cincinnati Zoo &...