With walkie-talkies on and clipboards in hand, the volunteers set out along the Venetian Marina to look for manatees near the ...

As temperatures dropped in January across much of the East and the Sunshine State, threatened manatees suffered significant ...

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

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.

The bill stipulates that the West Indian manatee will be treated as an endangered species according to the Endangered Species Act of 1973. This means that the manatee will receive legal protection ...

The finalists have spent their lives working to protect manatees, kangaroos ... and the people who spend their lives saving endangered animal species. It is the largest individual monetary ...