Armored catfish are driving manatees out of their warm-water refuges, putting their health at risk. Here’s why it’s happening ...

Two years ago, they had to toss manatees lettuce to keep them from starving. But this week, the feds balked at restoring "endangered" status to the Florida manatee. Instead, they plan to leave ...

It looks like federal regulators are rebuffing an effort to get the Florida manatee back on the endangered species list. Several statewide environmental groups had petitioned the U.S. Fish and ...

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 ...

So when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service was asked to upgrade the protection level of Florida’s manatees, which had been knocked down from “endangered” to the lower level of “threatened ...

TAMPA, Fla. — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has decided not to reclassify Florida manatees as endangered, despite ongoing high mortality rates caused by starvation, boat strikes and habitat ...

BUT ENVIRONMENTALIST ARGUE THEY SHOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS ENDANGERED TO GIVE THEM MORE PROTECTIONS. >> AND WE ARE PROPOSING THAT THE FLORIDA MANATEE IS STILL A THREATENED SPECIES AT THIS TIME.

Meanwhile, the proposed rule would change the classification from threatened to endangered for what are known as Antillean manatees, which are found in Puerto Rico. Florida manatees for decades ...