Manatee deaths in Florida have reached 477 so far, which is outpacing last year’s total of 565 for the entire year.

The center will remain open through April 15 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day. For more information on TECO’s Manatee Viewing Center, visit their website or call 813-228-4289.

APOLLO BEACH, Fla. — More manatees than ever before have gathered at Tampa Electric's Manatee Viewing Center. A record-setting 1,100 manatees came together at a single time this season ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Tampa Electric’s Manatee Viewing Center will reopen for the season this week. The center will open on Friday morning with its regular hours of 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

From left to right, Erica Ali, 27, of Plant City, with her kids, Usif, 3, and Noora, almost 2-years-old, watch for manatees from the walkway at the Manatee Viewing Center on Wednesday in Apollo Beach.

The viewing center is a free and brought almost 500 thousand visitors last year. Kimberly Barrie was there on a group outing. “The manatees, I saw about 10. And there was a dolphin jumping around, so ...

APOLLO BEACH, Fla. — More manatees than ever before have gathered at Tampa Electric's Manatee Viewing Center. A record-setting 1,100 manatees came together at a single time this season ...

APOLLO BEACH, Fla. — More manatees than ever before have gathered at Tampa Electric's Manatee Viewing Center. A record-setting 1,100 manatees came together at a single time this season ...