About 700 manatees huddle for warmth at Florida park on New Year's Day

Sunshine State? 697 manatees flocked to Blue Spring State Park in Orange City, Florida, on New Year's Day, Jan. 1, 2026, ...
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This Florida State Park Has an Aquamarine Natural Spring, a Beautiful Cypress Forest, and Tons of Amazing Wildlife

A first-magnitude spring, towering cypress swamps, and wildlife-rich forests shape this serene North Florida escape.
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This Florida State Park Has a Caribbean-blue, Spring-fed Swimming Hole and Is a Gathering Site for Hundreds of Manatees

Blue Spring State Park is Florida at its finest. Located west of Orange City and north of Orlando, the 2,600-acre destination ...
WESH

One of Florida's oldest springs is celebrating 78 years

A Florida park with the deepest freshwater cave system in the country is celebrating 78 this week. Weeki Wachee Springs State Park, home to the world-famous mermaids, first opened to the public on Oct ...
Independent Florida Alligator

Don’t take the water out of our springs

As a wildlife ecology senior at UF, you’d think I visit Florida’s natural springs all the time. Well, I’ve only gone twice. But that’s not on account of the springs themselves. Florida’s natural ...
WLRN

Florida’s 1,100 natural springs are under threat — a geographer explains how to restore them

“Behold … a vast circular expanse before you, the waters of which are so extremely clear as to be absolutely diaphanous or transparent as the ether.” Many of ...
The Conversation

Florida’s 1,100 natural springs are under threat – a geographer explains how to restore them

“Behold … a vast circular expanse before you, the waters of which are so extremely clear as to be absolutely diaphanous or transparent as the ether.” Naturalist ...