It looks like federal regulators are rebuffing an effort to get the Florida manatee back on the endangered species list. Several statewide environmental groups had petitioned the U.S. Fish and ...

Pollution from human waste is putting pressure on Jacksonville’s waterways and threatening the survival of manatees across the state. Environmental advocates say biosolids and leaking septic systems ...

Florida's manatees faced near-record deaths for young sea cows in 2025, but also saw seagrass recovery, new legal protections ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today denied endangered status for the Florida manatee and proposed to protect the Antillean manatee of Puerto Rico as endangered. A 2022 ...

Federal wildlife officials Monday released a proposal that would continue to classify Florida manatees as a threatened species, after environmentalists argued they should be reclassified as endangered ...

Pointing to ongoing threats to manatees, a U.S. district judge Friday said the state has violated the federal Endangered Species Act in its regulation of wastewater discharges into the Indian River ...

Read full article: Florida’s manatees are historically recent arrivals, new research suggests TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Federal wildlife officials Monday released a proposal that would continue to classify ...

BRADENTON, Fla. (WFLA) — Police are searching for a Manatee County man who went missing Saturday and may be endangered. According to the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office, Charles Wiggins, 62, was last ...

An endangered manatee found living with a hook in its mouth has a history of getting into jams, Florida officials say. The 4-year-old was captured in Blue Springs Tuesday, April 22, with a fishing ...

TALLAHASSEE — Federal wildlife officials Monday released a proposal that would continue to classify Florida manatees as a threatened species, after environmentalists argued they should be reclassified ...