Federal officials propose keeping Florida manatees listed as 'threatened' and boost a subspecies of sea cows in the Caribbean ...

Manatees have no natural predators ... Time to share these manatee facts with everyone! Former Florida Governor Bob Graham declared November as Manatee Awareness Month in 1979, when the state ...

Today’s proposal follows a legal agreement with the Center for Biological Diversity, Defenders of Wildlife and Save the Manatee Club. The proposed rule highlights the importance of natural warm-water ...

Guests who visit EPCOT’s The Seas with Nemo & Friends exhibit in the coming weeks may be in for a surprise. As of Jan. 14, ...

According to an Associated Press report, the manatees are amassing around Florida Power & Light Company’s plant in Riviera ...

In 1976 the Service first designated critical habitat for the Florida manatee, but that designation only listed waterways that ... Defenders of Wildlife is dedicated to the protection of all native ...

The manatee successfully rescued from a Tar River canal in Greenville, Pitt County, last fall is free again. The 9-foot ...

Both species face significant threats including seagrass and habitat ... 57 natural deaths; 179 not necropsied; 31 undetermined causes; nine 'other undetermined causes. The manatee death toll ...

"Pamlico," a 9-foot female manatee rescued last November from a canal in Greenville, has been released in Florida waters.

All three manatee species are listed as vulnerable to extinction due to a variety of threats including boat collisions, hunting and habitat destruction. "The first time I got into the water with ...