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

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.

The calamity prompted the Fish and Wildlife Service and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to resort to providing supplemental lettuce for starving manatees in the Indian River ...

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

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

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

Red tide is causing fish kills and respiratory irritation at some Florida beaches, but are Sarasota and Manatee area beaches ...

Florida's youngest manatees died in record numbers last year ... be fallout from two years of manatee famine in the Indian River Lagoon region due to seagrass loss. FWC biologists had warned ...

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 ...