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.

Mino was rescued in June from the Caloosahatchee River in Lee County at just 55 pounds. Mino came from SeaWorld Florida and ...

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 ...

The manatees would retain their listing as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, despite ample criticism that has ensued since 2017, when the federal agency downlisted the beloved sea cows ...

Under the Endangered Species Act, the West Indian manatee was considered to be threatened, but now wildlife experts are subdividing the group into two subspecies, each with its own unique designation.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that it does not intend to make significant changes to the threatened status of the manatee species in Florida, despite a notable increase in deaths ...