This was one benefit to the chilly temperatures we experienced in southwest Florida last month: We had perfect conditions for ...

Manatees largely swam under the radar of public attention for decades. But thanks in part to Jacques Cousteau’s 1972 ...

The West Indian manatee, including both the Florida and Puerto Rico subspecies, was previously downlisted to threatened in 2017. At the time, despite warnings from conservation organizations, the ...

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.

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

A new report by Florida and federal officials estimates as many as 11,730 manatees remain in Florida, despite recent years of ...

Florida saw its highest number of manatee calf deaths since 2013. Over half were reported in the Indian River Lagoon, which ...

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 ...

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, here are some of the ...

Florida's youngest manatees died in record ... is still out — could likely be fallout from two years of manatee famine in the Indian River Lagoon region due to seagrass loss.