Tag: manatees

It took a bulldozer for wildlife technicians to return a massive manatee back to the water after it became stranded in the mud while trying to cross between two waterbodies...

For Florida’s manatees, there’s good news and bad news. The good news: the state Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission believes the population is much higher than previously estimated. New counts...

The number of manatee deaths in Florida so far this year has exceeded last year’s total deaths, and officials say Red Tide is partly to blame. Biologists say the algal...

As marine mammals evolved, they lost the ability to make a protein that defends land-dwelling mammals from the effects of a common pesticide — one that is increasingly finding its...

November is Manatee Awareness Month, and researchers in the Chesapeake Bay have found themselves unusually aware of them. Earlier this month, they were shocked when they spotted a 7-foot manatee...