Manatees are often involved in collisions with watercraft, leaving them with injuries and scars. (Courtesy of Save the Manatee Club) The ongoing unusual mortality event is prompting the U.S. Fish and ...

What's 10 feet long as an adult, weighs more than 1,000 pounds, lives in rivers and bays and is Florida's state marine mammal? If you answered manatee, then chances are you also know it's an ...

It looks like federal regulators are rebuffing an effort to get the Florida manatee back on the endangered species list. Several statewide environmental groups had petitioned the U.S. Fish and ...

The Florida manatee population has been in serious trouble for years due to factors directly and indirectly caused by humans. Now, the animals may be on the verge of getting some desperately needed ...

TALLAHASSEE - Supporters of bolstering protections for manatees notified the federal government Thursday that they are preparing to file a lawsuit over delays in determining whether manatees should be ...

More than 1,000 Florida manatees died in 2021, threatening to return the friendly sea cows to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s endangered species list. Manatees are a beloved marine animal that ...

TALLAHASSEE — Supporters of bolstering protections for manatees notified the federal government Thursday that they are preparing to file a lawsuit over delays in determining whether manatees should be ...

Few mammals saved under the Endangered Species Act are as iconic, beloved or bickered about than the Florida manatee. Now the petitioners and lawyers are lining up yet again to save the starving sea ...

APOLLO BEACH, Fla. (WFLA) — With the manatee population diminishing, conservationists fear for the gentle giants’ future. Some are calling for manatees to be listed as endangered under the federal ...

ORANGE CITY, Fla. – As the rising sun peeks through the trees along the Blue Spring run on cold winter mornings, park rangers peer down into the water, counting the Florida manatees basking in their ...

Two years ago, they had to toss manatees lettuce to keep them from starving. But this week, the feds balked at restoring "endangered" status to the Florida manatee. Instead, they plan to leave them at ...

Supporters of bolstering protections for manatees notified the federal government Thursday that they are preparing to file a lawsuit over delays in determining whether manatees should be classified as ...