FORT MYERS - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's proposal to keep manatees under a threatened species classification has sparked controversy as environmentalists argue they should be classified as ...

On this day, a manatee that traveled 720 miles up the Mississippi River was spotted in Memphis. The manatee disappeared a few ...

Yes, Florida is a prime spot for manatee watching, but it's not the only place in the U.S. where you can get a glimpse of ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today denied endangered status for the Florida manatee and proposed to protect the Antillean manatee of Puerto Rico as endangered. A 2022 ...

Manatee sightings have surged in SC this year, with 245 total. Here’s where you might spot them for the remainder of the ...

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. These ...

Gentle and playful marine mammals, Florida manatees have come to represent the amazing biodiversity of Florida. With their large size, slow-moving nature, and fondness of seagrass, it's easy to see ...

Accoirding toSo far this year, we have received over 230 reported manatee sightings in South Carolina, a new record!This time ...

TALLAHASSEE — Pointing to ongoing threats to manatees, a U.S. district judge Friday said the state has violated the federal Endangered Species Act in its regulation of wastewater discharges into the ...

Proposed legislation threatens to weaken the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), which has protected species like manatees for over 50 years. The amendment would change the conservation goal from ...

FORT MYERS, Florida (WBBH) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed keeping manatees under a threatened species classification, which has sparked controversy as environmentalists argue they ...