A record 154 young Florida manatees died before reaching one year of age in 2024, including more than half of the 100 ...

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 ...

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.

After being listed as an endangered species since 1973, the West Indian manatee, of which the Florida manatee is a subspecies, was reclassified from endangered to threatened by the U.S. Fish and ...

Thousands of manatees have starved to death in the last few years, and that should have been accounted for.” The West Indian manatee, including both the Florida and Puerto Rico subspecies, was ...