A record 154 young Florida manatees died before reaching one year of age in 2024, including more than half of the 100 ...

Armored catfish are driving manatees out of their warm-water refuges, putting their health at risk. Here’s why it’s happening ...

wrote an op-ed opposing a bill that would make it easier for waterfront developers to kill seagrass — which doesn’t add up, he wrote. Florida rebuffed in manatees lawsuit that blames state for ...

Start here ORLANDO, Fla. – From boat strikes to seagrass loss, Florida manatees are facing existential threats this decade, however, conditions for the gentle sea cow are likely more favorable ...

That came after a record number of Florida manatee deaths in 2021, many of which were caused by starvation stemming from a lack of seagrass. Ragan Whitlock, a Florida-based attorney with the ...

That came after a record number of Florida manatee deaths in 2021, many of which were caused by starvation stemming from a lack of seagrass. Ragan Whitlock, a Florida-based attorney with the ...

Protections for Florida ... manatees in the Indian River Lagoon, a crucial manatee habitat on the state’s east coast where ongoing water quality problems have led to widespread losses of seagras ...

and seagrass had died off in that area.” Indian River Lagoon is located along the Atlantic Coast in central Florida. State waters are home to more than 8,000 manatees with at least a third ...

FEDERAL WILDLIFE LEADERS SAY FLORIDA MANATEES ARE HIGHLY MANAGED WITH EFFORTS TO IMPROVE WATER QUALITY AND RESTORE SEAGRASS, KEEPING THEM FROM THE DANGER OF EXTINCTION. MANATEES WERE TAKEN OFF THE ...