More than 600 manatees were found dead in Florida in 2025, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ...

Manatees remain among the most charismatic 'canaries' in Indian River Lagoon's ecological ‘coal mine.’ In 2025, they kept ...

Florida’s manatee mortality count surpassed 600 deaths in 2025, with Brevard County recording the most deaths, according to ...

Florida's youngest manatees died in record numbers last year, possibly from lingering malnutrition or a counterintuitive sign that sea cow reproduction is slowly recovering, after years of fewer ...

In a decision Friday, a federal judge ruled that the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) violated the Endangered Species Act, resulting in the starvation deaths of threatened ...

Christopher Columbus gets credit for the first written record of manatees in North America, ones he saw near the Dominican Republic in 1492. West Indian manatees, also called Florida manatees, are ...

Manatees were spotted at the Calusa Marina in Goodland, Florida on March 31st. The manatees were drinking fresh water and appeared to enjoy being sprayed with a hose. Manatees, nicknamed "sea cows," ...