The Endangered Species Coalition and the Save the Manatee Club are launching a collaborative advocacy campaign aimed at ...

Florida's manatees faced near-record deaths for young sea cows in 2025, but also saw seagrass recovery, new legal protections, and scientific breakthroughs offering hope for the future.

Cue up the Mission Impossible intro: Three Florida Tech students are making a mechanical 'spy' manatee to covertly learn sea ...

Did you know manatees are related to elephants and eat up to eight hours a day? Learn more fun facts, as we pay tribute to ...

For Manatee Appreciation Day, think about reducing pollution or being safer on the water to avoid hurting beloved “sea cows.” ...

Frigid weather killed 35 Florida manatees, nearly triple the average, raising concerns about the species' future.

Manatee Appreciation Day falls on the last Wednesday in March. We could soon spot the sea cow as they begin to migrate in the ...

“There’s Lily,” said Wayne Hartley, gesturing underneath the water’s surface within Blue Spring run from atop his signature red canoe that displays the label, “manatee research.” In the 80 years he’s ...

Nearly two dozen people helped with the rescue mission for a mama manatee and her baby. The mother sea cow was hit by a ...

MIAMI — Juliet the manatee, one of three sea cows that were rescued from the Miami Seaquarium late last year due to poor living conditions, has died early Sunday morning, CBS News Miami has learned.

A Florida Power & Light plant sits on the Orange River, and for decades the plant has produced warm water conditions in that part of the Orange River.

ORLANDO, Fla. — It’s one thing to visit an aquarium and gaze in awe at a 1,000-pound manatee swimming just behind the glass. It’s another thing to share the same water with Florida’s sea cows, ...