The appeal arose from an earlier court ruling that found Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection responsible for ...

Throughout the world, climate change and human activity continue to devastate our most vulnerable populations. One species, ...

Melby the manatee has been released back into the wild after a tricky encounter with a storm drain! The beleaguered marine ...

Florida manatees are starting to move from the warmer waters of their winter refuges and into cooler ocean waters in summer. Boaters and other watercraft users are advised to go slow and look out ...

A rare wildlife encounter with a West Indian manatee and an environmentally aware crew temporarily halted a $64 million ferry project on the Texas Gulf Coast this summer. “TxDOT crews knew what to do ...

West Indian manatees and some colonies of green sea turtles have been in danger of extinction for decades. But scientists have some good news about the much-loved sea creatures, which both have their ...

Romeo the manatee has officially made history — and he's done it at (roughly) 71 years old. According to a Tuesday, Feb. 17 release from Guinness World Records, the West Indian manatee (scientifically ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission on Feb. 5 advanced a proposal to change boat speeds in three manatee protection zones in Indian River County. The FWC will hold one or two more ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission approves changes to manatee speed zones in the Indian River Lagoon. FWC to hold more meetings before enacting changes. Changes include allowing ...

FWC to vote on three changes to manatee zones in Indian River County. Indian River County hasn't updated its manatee zones since 2002. The Florida Manatee Management Plan, approved in 2007, requires ...