A manatee was spotted in the Shark River in Belmar on Sunday. The mammal was seen by local photographer Kate Watt, who took a quick video as it slowly swam through the water. Other locals saw the ...

Beachgoers in Monmouth County found an unlikely friend near the Shark River inlet last weekend. A manatee was spotted swimming in a lagoon Saturday, thousands of miles away from its native habitat.

While fishing from his dock in Belmar, New Jersey, back on Saturday, Sept. 6, something big and brown caught Josh Vallario’s eye. “It was a seven, eight-foot manatee right here,” Vallario told NBC10.

MONMOUTH COUNTY, N.J. (WABC) -- An uncommon visitor has been seen at the Jersey Shore. The Marine Mammal Stranding Center is tracking a Florida manatee along the New Jersey coast. It was spotted near ...