Gentle and playful marine mammals, Florida manatees have come to represent the amazing biodiversity of Florida. With their large size, slow-moving nature, and fondness of seagrass, it's easy to see ...

MANATEE COUNTY, FL — Detectives hope that a sneaker will help identify the body recovered from the shore of Rattlesnake Key Sunday morning, the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office said in a news ...

US wildlife authorities have launched an investigation after a manatee was ... spotted on Sunday in Florida's Homosassa River, with the US president's surname on its body. Officials told AP ...

The manatee population in Tampa Bay wasn’t even deemed plentiful until the 1950s. [Related: Wildlife officials are taking radical steps to save Florida’s starving manatees.] “It is commonly ...

The gentle, slow-moving Florida manatee has no natural ... they consume 5% to 10% of their body weight in vegetation each day. While manatees eat a broad diet of over 60 different plants, they ...

Florida manatees are on the move, which means more opportunities to see these "gentle giants" from shore — and more reason for boaters to be even more cautious, especially in nearshore waters.

Like the millions of tourists who visit the Sunshine State every year, manatees may have only occasionally visited Florida for short stints before returning home to Cuba and other parts of the ...