A polar vortex that has hit much of the U.S. with ice and snow has dealt a glancing blow to Florida and its manatee ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed keeping manatees under a threatened species classification, which has sparked ...

The sea cows won't be reclassified despite ongoing high mortality rates from starvation, boat strikes and habitat loss.

Three orphan manatees who were rehabilitated at the Cincinnati Zoo years ago are living healthily in Central Florida, the zoo confirmed on Wednesday.According to a social media post, Florida ...

WELL, IT IS THAT TIME OF THE YEAR HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA, WHERE COLD FRONTS DROP OUR TEMPERATURES DRASTICALLY FOR A FEW DAYS. FIRST WARNING METEOROLOGIST BROOKE SILVERING. JOINING US FROM MANATEE ...

From boat strikes to seagrass loss, Florida manatees are facing existential threats this decade, however, conditions for the gentle sea cow are likely more favorable today than they’ve been in ...

A state report shows more than 500 manatees died in Florida waters in 2024. The gentle sea cows are listed as threatened. But their numbers are far higher now than they have been historically.

After hitting record highs in recent years, Florida manatee deaths in 2024 were far below the five-year average. “That is a good sign," Tiare "TJ" Fridrich, a biologist with Save The Manatee ...

After hitting record highs in recent years, Florida manatee deaths in 2024 were far below the five-year average. “That is a good sign," Tiare "TJ" Fridrich, a biologist with Save The Manatee Club, ...

It’s a winter home to hundreds of swimming gentle giants and is one of the most popular state parks in all of Florida ... all hoping to see manatees. Often it is so busy this time of the ...