A dozen marine research-related agencies spent two days on a small peninsula off Kings Bay Drive assessing the health of the ...

Crystal River, Florida makes the list as ... spots you'll find along the Gulf Coast because it's the place many West Indian manatees call home. Manatees are sensitive to cold and migrate to ...

After reviewing scientific and commercial data, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Monday proposed separate Endangered Species Act listings for two West Indian manatee subspecies.

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 bill stipulates that the West Indian manatee will be treated as an endangered species according to the Endangered Species Act of 1973. This means that the manatee will receive legal protection ...

That came after more than 1,000 of the gentle sea cows perished in the Indian River Lagoon in 2021 ... its final rule downlisting the West Indian manatee from endangered to threatened in 2017.

Thousands of manatees have starved to death in the last few years, and that should have been accounted for.” The West Indian manatee ... unusual mortality event was on the horizon in the Indian River ...