This Manatee Appreciation Day, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is sharing the springtime reminder ...

ZooTampa released a total of 26 rehabilitated manatees in 2025. Boat strikes and loss of seagrass, a primary food source, are two significant factors that cause manatee sickness and injury. The Zoo is ...

LOWCOUNTRY, S.C. (WCIV) — We see all kinds of marine mammals in the Lowcountry, like dolphins and manatees. Dolphins may be seen far more commonly, but manatees have a presence in our waters all the ...

CITRUS COUNTY, Fla. — To Vickie Hall, manatee season is about educating others on how to respectfully experience swimming with manatees and the importance of their conservation. Hall is the operations ...

It is illegal to touch, feed, or give water to West Indian manatees. Manatees are protected by state and federal laws, including the Florida Manatee Sanctuary Act of 1978. Violating laws protecting ...

The first manatee rescued in North Carolina last fall is now free again. Pamlico, the 9-foot female manatee was released Thursday in Florida after being medically cleared for release by SeaWorld ...

Manatees were spotted at the Calusa Marina in Goodland, Florida on March 31st. The manatees were drinking fresh water and appeared to enjoy being sprayed with a hose. Manatees, nicknamed "sea cows," ...

City surveyors in Melbourne Beach, Florida, heard an unusual chirping under a road on Feb. 9 while doing routine work, and thought it could be coming from rats. Instead, they discovered a 7-foot-long ...

As the sunshine state experiences the frigid temperatures from a series of arctic fronts, Patrick Rose, an aquatic biologist and Save the Manatee Club executive director, is advising residents of ...

For Florida’s manatee population and manatee conservationists around the world, 2025 was a banner year. ZooTampa’s David A. Straw, Jr. Manatee Critical Care Center released 26 rehabilitated wild ...