Learn more about Florida's state marine mammal, including information on organizations looking to protect them and how you ...

Representatives Darren Soto (D-FL) and Vern Buchanan (R-FL) have introduced bipartisan legislation to protect Florida's ...

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

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

Recent news articles and broadcasts have drawn on a 2024 University of South Florida study to claim that manatees are not native to Florida or only arrived on Florida’s west coast in the 1950s.

The West Indian manatee, of which the Florida manatee is a subspecies, is already considered threatened. However, some environmental groups hoped to have the Florida manatee uplisted as an ...

"Protections in Florida’s coastal and inland waters ... The Fish and Wildlife Service announced its final rule downlisting the West Indian manatee from endangered to threatened in 2017.

Thousands of manatees have starved to death in the last few years, and that should have been accounted for.” The West Indian manatee, including both the Florida and Puerto Rico subspecies, was ...

A recent Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ... also posing a significant threat to the Antillean manatee. "The West Indian manatee, a large marine mammal protected under the ESA and the ...

15 to March 31. Even though manatees can be seen in Florida year-round, manatee season is the best time to see them swimming in Floridian waterways. With over a month left of manatee season ...