Maxwell: Hundreds of manatees have starved to death in Florida waters, due to pollution. A federal job says Florida didn’t do ...

Fired rangers at the Crystal River National Wildlife Refuge in Florida got their jobs back, but manatee fans and local ...

A judge ruled that Florida violated the Endangered Species Act by allowing wastewater discharges into the Indian River Lagoon ...

Amid an environmental threat to manatees in Florida, a federal district judge ruled the state violated the Endangered Species ...

Nearly 2,000 manatees died in the state in 2021 and 2022, a two-year record. Widespread water quality problems and seagrass ...

"Keep an eye out for manatees along Gulf beaches and coastal waterways as they travel from their southern wintering grounds," the notification said. "Their ability to thrive in both fresh and ...

After hundreds of manatees starved in the Indian River Lagoon, the Tampa Bay Times decided to trace the crisis to its roots. That meant examining water quality across Florida. Manatees’ main foo ...

The federal district judge said there was a "definite causal link" between the Department of Environmental Protection's wastewater regulations and the ...

manatee advocates say this latest ruling is a sign of hope and possible precedent that could force Florida to do more to clean up the Indian River Lagoon — where most manatees rely on ample ...

Orlando-based Judge Carlos Mendoza said the state has violated the federal Endangered Species Act in its regulation of ...

"Florida's manatees can't speak for themselves but Bear ... which is east of Orlando. The Indian River Lagoon is 156 miles, extending from Ponce de León Inlet in Volusia County, Florida, to ...

Mendoza said the Florida Department ... the north IRL (Indian River Lagoon),” Mendoza wrote. “These legacy pollutants caused the death of seagrasses — the manatee’s natural forage ...