Representatives Darren Soto (D-FL) and Vern Buchanan (R-FL) have introduced bipartisan legislation to protect Florida's manatees. Specifically, the Manatee ...

With a focus on manatee conservation, Disney’s EPCOT manatee exhibit has brought in two new short-term residents in need of ...

Floridians love manatees. The marine animals, lovingly known as "sea cows" or "gentle giants," spend the winters swimming in rivers, bays, canals, estuaries and coastal areas from Nov. 15 to March 31.

The Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge on the Indian River Lagoon in East Central Florida became the first national wildlife refuge.

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 ...

Two-thirds of animal and plant populations are declining in genetic diversity, which makes it harder to adapt to environmental changes.

BRADENTON, Fla. (WFLA) — A woman who went missing a year ago was declared dead by a Manatee County Probate judge, the ...

The biggest grant that Manatee County has ever received is caught up by a federal funding freeze announced by President Donald Trump on Monday that was swiftly blocked in federal court on Tuesday.

Manatees are protected by the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and the Florida Manatee Sanctuary Act of 1978, making it illegal to "feed, harass, harm, pursue, ...

Manatees are currently threatened, but conservation groups are petitioning to relist them as endangered, leaving researchers desperate to find solutions. Armored catfish use their sucker-like ...

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 ...

BRADENTON, Fla. (WWSB) - The Manatee High School boys varsity basketball team has won their last three out of four games. The Hurricanes are currently (11-9) and have four regular season games ...