For decades, Walt Disney World has cared for thousands of fish and marine mammals to help with conservation and research. As ...

Watercraft manatee deaths were up in 2024 as 96 sea cows were hit and killed by vessels in the Sunshine State. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, or FWC, is reporting that 565 ...

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Walt Disney World is making changes at EPCOT to help Florida’s manatee population. “The Seas with ...

Moreover, genetic and fossil evidence indicate manatees have been present in Florida for the last 12,000 years. Beth Brady is the senior science and conservation associate at Save the Manatee Club.

Even though manatees can be seen in Florida year-round, manatee season is the best time to see them swimming in Floridian waterways. With over a month left of manatee season, here are some of the ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission staff found a small female manatee with severe cold stress in a ditch ...

Representatives Darren Soto (D-FL) and Vern Buchanan (R-FL) have introduced bipartisan legislation to protect Florida's manatees. Specifically, the Manatee ...

But this week, the feds balked at restoring "endangered" status to the Florida manatee. Instead, they plan to leave them at the less-serious status of "threatened" and make their smaller cousin ...

Four years ago, Florida saw a record number of manatee deaths. A record 1,100 of them died in 2021, and two years ago, wildlife officials began hand-feeding manatees lettuce to stave off ...

It looks like federal regulators are rebuffing an effort to get the Florida manatee back on the endangered species list. Several statewide environmental groups had petitioned the U.S. Fish and ...