The judge wrote that it would take at least a decade for conditions in the northern part of the Indian River Lagoon to start ...

Boats are responsible for about 20% of human-caused manatee deaths, making them the greatest sources of human-caused mortality. Meanwhile boating in Florida is at an all-time high and increasing. A ...

An occasional series where Mongabay’s founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. Few creatures better embody the notion of peaceful coexistence than the manatee.

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 ...

Wednesday is Manatee Appreciation ... help stop manatee deaths. Some of the care facilities belonging to these organizations were able to obtain funding from the state of Florida as well.

The previous record of perinatal manatee deaths in Florida was 129 — 15.5% of overall deaths — in 2013, according to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission statistics. Another ...