Environmental Groups Ask for Manatees to Be Reclassified as 'Endangered' Again
Five conservation groups petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Nov. 21 to reclassify the manatee from threatened ...
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Five conservation groups petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Nov. 21 to reclassify the manatee from threatened ...
PUNTA GORDA, Fla.–Gov. Ron DeSantis pledged $30 million toward the rescue, rehabilitation, and habitat restoration of Florida manatees. ...
Efforts are underway to restore seagrasses include replanting clams and oyster reefs in the lagoon.
A commissioner in Brevard County is facing intense criticism after he suggested allowing people to kill manatees as a way to control their population.
In December of last year, Florida wildlife officials decided on an unprecedented way to try and save the state’s starving manatees: outright feeding them. Now, as the trial feeding program draws to a close with warmer weather, officials say they can count it as a success.