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." ...

However, the proposed rule would reclassify Antillean manatees found in Puerto Rico from "threatened" to "endangered" due to declining population trends and isolated populations. READ: Florida DOH ...

FWS did propose designating the Puerto Rico population, known as the Antillean manatee, as endangered. So, there is a Florida manatee and an Antillean manatee, and both are subspecies of the ...

The Antillean manatee in Puerto Rico is at risk, the Fish and Wildlife Service found. The Fish and Wildlife Service on Monday sounded a louder alarm for the Antillean manatee and called for its ...

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indianapolis Prize named six conservationists as DeHaan Finalists for the 2025 award. The biennial award ...

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

Meanwhile, the proposed rule would change the classification from threatened to endangered for what are known as Antillean manatees, which are found in Puerto Rico. Florida manatees for decades were ...

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 ...

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 ...

Meanwhile, the proposed rule would change the classification from threatened to endangered for what are known as Antillean manatees, which are found in Puerto Rico. Recommended Videos Florida ...