An occasional series where Mongabay’s founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. Few ...

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 ...

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.

but Florida wildlife officials say few make it to 30. The most frequent cause of injury and death is watercraft collisions. Scientists and park staff identify manatees by the scar patterns on ...

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 ...

Overall, 175 of those were direct deaths originating from wind, storm surge freshwater flooding or a tornado. In Florida ... were destroyed in mainland Manatee County, according to the report.