Researchers discovered a lack of archaeological or historical evidence that this species lived in this area early on.

A recent USF study caused a stir when it reported that manatees were a nonnative species that arrived relatively recently to ...

Prolonged exposure to cold water can cause manatees to lose body heat, leading to a potentially fatal condition known as ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is accepting comments regarding the proposed expansion of 12 manatee zones around ...

Are Florida’s iconic manatees endangered? The answer to that seems obvious: Of course they are. Over the past five years, ...

Watercraft manatee deaths were up in 2024 as 96 sea cows were hit and killed by vessels in the Sunshine State. The Florida ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that it does not intend to make significant changes to the threatened status of the manatee species in Florida despite a notable increase in deaths ...

Pamlico, a 9-foot female manatee, has been released back into the wild in Florida after being the ... manatee in North Carolina to the 24-hour marine mammal stranding hotline 910-515-7354.

Lil Joe’s amazing life journey has taken him from peril in the St. Johns River to near-tragedy in the Little Econ to recovery ...

FWS’s Florida Manatee Recovery Lead Terri Calleson ... UNC-Wilmington Marine Mammal Stranding Program, N.C. State University’s Center for Marine Sciences and Technology and its College of ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that it does not intend to make significant changes to the threatened status of the manatee species in Florida ... a large marine mammal protected ...