New research suggests that while manatees are an indelible part of Florida’s seascape, they might also be relatively new ...

Manatees eat for almost half of their day, putting away approximately 10 percent of their body weight in plants each and every day. Also known as “sea cows,” manatees are the largest ocean ...

With November being Manatee Awareness Month, officials are using this announcement to highlight the ongoing need to help sick ...

Sea cow, not pond cow. A juvenile manatee was rescued from a small pond in Florida — a mile and a half from open water — after being stranded there due to the storm surge of Hurricane Helene.

Over the course of his career, study co-author and University of South Florida anthropologist Thomas Pluckhahn realized that ...

November marks the 45th year for Manatee Awareness Month, a special time to recognize and honor Florida’s sea cows that was designated by former Florida Gov. Bob Graham in 1979. This month also ...

While a unique situation, seeing a West Indian manatee, or sea cow, in North Carolina isn't as rare as most people think. But as an endangered marine mammal, officials stress people have to be ...

TAMPA, Fla. – Manatees, which are iconic fixtures of the Sunshine State, might not have always been permanent residents of ...

Rescuers found five survivors and four bodies on Tuesday from the wreck of a boat carrying tourists that sank amid high waves ...

The manatee, which weighs 855 pounds and measures almost 9 feet, was suffering from cold stress due to water temperatures ...

As manatee sightings and maybe numbers in NC increase, officials say people need to learn to observe but leave the docile, ...