Manatees will spend the next several months swimming to and from warm water retreats as their tropical nature requires temps ...

Recent research suggests that manatees might not be native to Florida, potentially having settled there only after European ...

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

Manatees are a bit like the Sunshine State's transplants: they recently moved there, attracted by the warm weather and human ...

Manatees are a well-known staple of Florida waters, where they’ve been seen cavorting with dolphin pods, forming chaotic ...

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

A manatee was rescued near Greenville, North Carolina, on Nov. 18 after cold temperatures put the animal at risk. Almost 10 ...

Florida manatees are threatened by human activity, but they’re also doing better than ever, according to a study examining ...

The gentle, slow-moving Florida manatee has no natural predators. And yet, these charismatic mammals face numerous threats.

A manatee has been successfully rescued from a Tar River canal in Greenville. It is the first documented case of a manatee ...