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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission is focused on improvements in water quality and aquatic vegetation that experts believe can reverse the recent years of loss.

Quality Journalism for Critical Times Dear Florida Secretary of State Cord Byrd, I am writing to you about some ideas I had for one of your museums. As you know, Tallahassee is home to more than just the Florida State Capitol (congrats on ridding it of the recent infestation of lobbyists). It’s also the home of the Museum of Florida […] The post Museum should display wetlands and other artifacts of a Florida that’s fast disappearing appeared first on Florida Phoenix.

The new Save the Manatee stamp is designed to raise awareness about the dangers that threaten the gentle aquatic creatures.

The new Save the Manatee stamp is designed to raise awareness about the dangers that threaten the gentle aquatic creatures.

/PRNewswire/ -- Its Manatee Appreciation Day! The U.S. Postal Service celebrated the occasion by dedicating its new Save Manatees stamp here today beside a...

It’s a quintessential Tampa Bay image: hundreds of manatees swimming beneath Tampa Electric’s Big Bend plant in Apollo Beach, bobbing like russet potatoes in a pot as they bask in the warm water released by the facility. For decades, it’s been a Florida winter tradition for locals to delight visitors with this scene. It also shows how much manatees rely on humans to survive. Years of ...

The interactive 180-degree undersea camera launched by the nonprofit Save the Manatee allows viewers to spot fish, birds, and if they're lucky, a sea cow.

Although rotund, manatees don’t have a complete blubber layer like whales, which makes them particularly susceptible to cold temperatures.

NASA touts PACE as "the first mission to provide measurements that enable prediction of the 'boom-bust' cycle of fisheries."

For the second straight year, manatee deaths have shown a significant and encouraging drop.