The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission staff found a small female manatee with severe cold stress in a ditch ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission had a busy weekend full of rescuing sick and injured manatees this past ...

A record 154 young Florida manatees died before reaching one year of age in 2024, including more than half of the 100 ...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is actively investigating reports of a deceased manatee discovered in Largo. The adult manatee was found in a ...

The changes to protection zones come after an FWC 2024 manatee distribution survey that showed the animal’s travel patterns shifting closer to zones of the Withlacoochee River that are currently ...

Watercraft manatee deaths were up in 2024 as 96 sea cows were hit and killed by vessels in the Sunshine State. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, or FWC, is reporting that 565 ...

“The center of those problems was in the Indian River Lagoon, where over the years, they’ve had these problems with all these algal blooms,” FWC manatee veterinarian Martine de Wit said. “And that ...

After extensive efforts to remove the tire, the manatee broke free in 2020 when it was hit by a boat propeller that cut off significant portions of the tire. If the public helps the FWC with ...

“The center of those problems was in the Indian River Lagoon, where over the years, they’ve had these problems with all these algal blooms,” FWC manatee veterinarian Martine de Wit said.