Visiting Blue Spring State Park is an immersive experience that captivates the senses. During the winter, hear the symphony of manatees when they surface every few seconds, exhaling powerful bursts of ...

Blue Spring has been a major home for the gentle giants during the wintertime in Florida since becoming a protected state park in 1972, This is because manatees need consistently warm water ...

Manatees find refuge in the warm waters of Blue Spring located at Blue Spring State Park in 2015. (Red Huber/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) How many manatees does it take to ...

Visitors flock to Volusia County’s Blue Spring State Park in droves to see manatees huddled for warmth in the wintertime, and the park typically draws capacity crowds amid summertime swimming weather.

“There’s Lily,” said Wayne Hartley, gesturing underneath the water’s surface within Blue Spring run from atop his signature red canoe that displays the label, “manatee research.” In the 80 years he’s ...