ORLANDO, Fla.—The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service this week proposed expanding habitat protections for ailing manatees, which in Florida have suffered in recent years through extraordinary habitat ...

DESCRIPTION: West Indian manatees are large, gray-brown aquatic mammals with bodies that taper to a flat, paddle-shaped tail. They have two flippers with three to four nails on each, and their head ...

ORANGE CITY, Fla. (CBS12) — TheFlorida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) held a news conference with Governor Ron DeSantis to discuss the manatee population in Florida. On February 9, ...

Opinion: Survival is not recovery. A manatee population that merely survives may be unhealthy, vulnerable and unable to rebound.

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — The federal government could expand critical habitats for manatees in Florida. The Fish and Wildlife Service says it designated more than 965,000 acres of critical habitat for ...

TALLAHASSEE — Federal wildlife officials have proposed expanding designations of “critical habitat” for Florida manatees, potentially bolstering protections in areas ranging from Wakulla Springs in ...

TALLAHASSEE — In a case that started after a dramatic increase in manatee deaths, a federal judge has rejected a lawsuit aimed at requiring the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to take another ...

Every winter, hundreds of manatees huddle near Tampa Electric’s Big Bend Power Station in Apollo Beach, drawn to its warm ...

Florida’s first lady Casey DeSantis and Mamie DeSantis joined the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and SeaWorld at Three Sisters Springs on Thursday for the release of a rescued ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla — Today, October 20, was the official groundbreaking for the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens Manatee River Habitat. The innovative, “state-of-the-art” facility is for manatees receiving ...

This would isolate the jaguars from vital habitat, potentially shrinking their genetic diversity and preventing them from reestablishing a stable population in the U.S. Under the administration’s ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Zoo & Gardens broke ground Friday on Manatee River, a gift from J. Wayne and Delores Barr Weaver, and the new VyStar SkyScape entrance. The two transformational ...