The slow, gentle manatee is one of the most famous (and photogenic) of the Florida megafauna, and unlike panthers or ...

As temperatures dropped in January across much of the East and the Sunshine State, threatened manatees suffered significant ...

For decades, Walt Disney World has cared for thousands of fish and marine mammals to help with conservation and research. As ...

Floridians love manatees. The marine animals, lovingly known as "sea cows" or "gentle giants," spend the winters swimming in rivers, bays, canals, estuaries and coastal areas from Nov. 15 to March 31.

Recent news articles and broadcasts have claimed that manatees are not native to Florida or only arrived on Florida's west ...

Florida's youngest manatees died in record ... still out — could likely be fallout from two years of manatee famine in the Indian River Lagoon region due to seagrass loss. FWC biologists had ...

Armored catfish are driving manatees out of their warm-water refuges, putting their health at risk. Here’s why it’s happening ...

A manatee rescued from the Tar River in November has been medically cleared and released back into a state and federally designated manatee sanctuary in Florida after months of recovery, the North ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, a manatee found in the Tar River in November was released ... viewing center in Apollo Beach, Florida. They decided to release her near Tampa ...

Communities in Florida and elsewhere in the country have been confronting ... Sarasota County uses a mix of its groundwater and water purchased from Manatee County and the Peace River Manasota ...

Manatees come up for air at Manatee Park off of ... in the Gulf of Mexico and along Florida’s coast. But during the winter, they use the Caloosahatchee River and other waterways to venture ...