The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission declared a manatee Unusual Mortality Event after starvation from a lack of seagrass killed 1,255 of the animals between Dec. 1, 2020, and ...

A recent USF study caused a stir when it reported that manatees were a nonnative species that arrived relatively recently to Florida. Here, a manatee biologist with Save the Manatee Club looks at t… ...

Manatees gather near the warm-water outflows of a Florida Power & Light Company power plant in Riviera Beach, Fla., where the company operates the free Manatee Lagoon attraction, Friday, Jan. 10 ...

Florida manatees for decades were considered endangered species, which can receive more protections than threatened species. But in 2017, federal officials reclassified Florida manatees as threatened.

Florida’s modern protective relationship with manatees is benchmarked in an 1893 state law when leaders made it illegal to hunt or capture the animals.

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 ...

Manatees will spend the next several months swimming to and from warm water retreats in Florida as their nature requires temps at or above 68 degrees.

Manatees are iconic and beloved Florida creatures. But they might be relatively new residents of the Sunshine State. Research published Wednesday in the journal PLOS One suggests Florida’s ...

Florida’s manatees are as much a part of the state’s seascape as flamingoes, dolphins, reef fish, and smelly seaweed. However, these gentle “sea cows” might have arrived in the state ...

Florida’s manatees are as much a part of the state’s seascape as flamingoes, dolphins, reef fish, and smelly seaweed. However, these gentle “sea cows” might have arrived in the state fairly recently.

New research suggests that while manatees are an indelible part of Florida's seascape, they might also be relatively new residents in the Sunshine State.