They plan to recognize the Florida manatee as a "threatened species" and the Antillean manatee as an "endangered" species. Currently, both are federally listed as a "threatened." ...

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 ...

Meanwhile, the proposed rule would change the classification from threatened to endangered for what are known as Antillean manatees, which are found in Puerto Rico. Florida manatees for decades ...

Meanwhile, the proposed rule would change the classification from threatened to endangered for what are known as Antillean manatees, which are found in Puerto Rico. Florida manatees for decades were ...

A recent USF study caused a stir when it reported that manatees were a nonnative species that arrived relatively recently to ...

FWS did propose designating the Puerto Rico population, known as the Antillean manatee, as endangered. So, there is a Florida manatee and an Antillean manatee, and both are subspecies of the ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed a revised critical habitat plan that would protect 1,904,191 acres of critical habitat for the Florida manatee, as well as ...

The agency proposes protecting more than 1.9 million acres of critical habitat for Florida manatees and more than 78,000 acres for Antillean manatees in Puerto Rico, marking the first update since ...

A new University of Florida study focusing on manatees’ immune systems reveals how glyphosate, the world’s most commonly used ...

And in 2024, under a legal agreement secured by the Center and allies, the Fish and Wildlife Service proposed to protect 1.9 million acres of critical habitat for Florida manatees and about 78,000 for ...