The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed to maintain the "threatened" classification for Florida manatees, rejecting ...

Federal officials propose keeping Florida manatees listed as 'threatened' and boost a subspecies of sea cows in the Caribbean ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is expected Tuesday to publish a proposed rule that details its reasons for keeping the threatened classification.

Watercraft manatee deaths were up in 2024 as 96 sea cows were hit and killed by vessels in the Sunshine State. The Florida ...

Both marine mammals are subspecies of the West Indian manatee, which is currently designated as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. But after being prompted by conservation groups, the Fish ...

"It’s great news that Antillean manatees in Puerto Rico finally won the endangered status they need to get on the road to ...

On Monday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service published a proposed rule that would keep the Florida manatee at threatened and ...

A recent USF study caused a stir when it reported that manatees were a nonnative species that arrived relatively recently to ...

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 ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced that it does not intend to make significant changes to the threatened status of the manatee species in Florida despite a notable increase in deaths ...

They plan to recognize the Florida manatee as a "threatened species" and the Antillean manatee as an "endangered" species. Currently, both are federally listed as a "threatened." Typically ...