Huddled in Florida Tech’s L3Harris Student Design Center, a group of students is working to change how wild manatees are studied.

Manatees are a well-known staple of Florida waters, where they’ve been seen cavorting with dolphin pods, forming chaotic “mating balls”, and even being the victims of political graffiti.

Photos show climate change impacting national parks from Yellowstone's flooding to warming temperatures in Denali. Wildfires ...

Turtles, tortoises and terrapins are all names used for hard-shelled, egg-laying reptiles. This month's River Life column ...

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

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — ZooTampa at Lowry Park is currently providing care and rehabilitation to 27 manatees, the most the zoo has had at one time. The David A. Straz, Jr. Manatee Critical Care ...

Florida’s manatees are as much a part of the state’s seascape as flamingoes, dolphins, reef fish, and smelly seaweed. However, these gentle “sea cows” might have arrived in the state ...

Spanning around 10 feet in length and weighing 1,000 pounds on average, manatees are the gentle giants of water. In some cases, the "sea cow" can grow up to 13 feet long and weigh 3,500 pounds ...

An orca pod in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexico has devised a cunning strategy to hunt and kill whale sharks — the world’s largest fish that can grow up to 18 meters (60 feet ...

A manatee rescued last week from the Tar River in Pitt County is doing well and eating on her own, according to the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. Crews rescued the 855-pound ...

manatees and even sharks. But cooler temperatures in November mean you might catch a glimpse of one of the rarest animals in area waters: whales. Only one species, the pygmy whale, makes its home ...