"They're super chatty." The students will use machine learning to teach Mechanatee the basics of sea-cow lingo. Then one day, an AI-driven robo-manatee might just learn how to chat up real sea cows.

A one-day manatee survey in Crystal River is the focal point of one episode of Jeff Corwin’s current series, “Extraordinary World.” ...

Manatees, nicknamed "sea cows," can eat up to 150 pounds of ... and weigh more than 3,500 pounds (1587.6 kilograms). At birth, a manatee calf weighs around 60 - 70 pounds. Manatees have two ...

Even in better water conditions, the manatee would’ve needed its mother to help the young sea cow feed on seagrass. When the couple saw no other manatees around, they called the Florida Fish and ...

A wildlife advocacy group has won a landmark manatee protection case, forcing Florida to scrutinize sewage problems in the northern Indian River Lagoon ...

Boat hits are a leading cause of sea turtle strandings and manatee injuries and deaths. A baby manatee swimming beside its mother comes to the surface to breathe, at Manatee Lagoon, a free ...

The effort to better understand Florida’s sea cows is featured in episode 11 of this show, which airs on CBS April 26.