FORT MYERS - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's proposal to keep manatees under a threatened species classification has sparked controversy as environmentalists argue they should be classified as ...

TALLAHASSEE — Federal wildlife officials Monday released a proposal that would continue to classify Florida manatees as a threatened species, after environmentalists argued they should be reclassified ...

Manatees are often involved in collisions with watercraft, leaving them with injuries and scars. (Courtesy of Save the Manatee Club) The ongoing unusual mortality event is prompting the U.S. Fish and ...

A manatee swims up to the surface of the water at the Manatee Viewing Center on Dec. 4, 2024, in Apollo Beach. Environmentalists worry proposed rollbacks to the Endangered Species Act will put sea ...

Supporters of bolstering protections for manatees notified the federal government Thursday that they are preparing to file a lawsuit over delays in determining whether manatees should be classified as ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The last Wednesday of March is Manatee Appreciation Day, designated to focus the world’s attention on this vulnerable marine mammal with no known natural enemy. Manatees face many ...

Accurately counting manatee aggregations within a region is crucial yet challenging. Harnessing the power of AI, researchers are using a deep learning-based crowd counting approach to automatically ...

Recent news articles and broadcasts have drawn on a 2024 University of South Florida study to claim that manatees are not native to Florida or only arrived on Florida’s west coast in the 1950s. These ...

In the wild, Florida’s manatees already face threats from cold stress, habitat loss, boat strikes and other human activities. Now advocates worry about the potential peril that manatees may encounter ...

FORT MYERS, Florida (WBBH) — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed keeping manatees under a threatened species classification, which has sparked controversy as environmentalists argue they ...

In the wild, Florida's manatees already face threats from cold stress, habitat loss, boat strikes and other human activities. Now advocates worry about the potential peril that manatees may encounter ...