Calliope, as she is known, was found orphaned in 2021 in Cayo Costa, FWC says. She was too young to survive on her own, so Calliope spent the next three years being raised at zoos, including Zoo Tampa ...

A manatee is back in the water after a team of rescuers worked on Earth Day to remove a fishing lure caught in its mouth on a ...

A baby manatee was recently rescued in southern Florida after it had become separated from its mother. The calf was found by ...

A disturbing video recorded on Saturday in Florida appears to show a boater driving right over a group of manatees.

Nearly 2,000 manatees died in the state in 2021 and 2022, a two-year record. Widespread water quality problems and seagrass ...

Manatees migrate from Florida's warm waters in April, making them susceptible to vessel strikes. Some survive with scars, but ...

ORLANDO, Fla. (CBS12) — An orphaned manatee calf is on the road to recovery after being rescued. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) announced on Monday that the calf was ...

A Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officer pours water on an orphaned manatee calf after it was rescued from Largo Sound in Key Largo Tuesday, April 15, 2025. Shannon and Alex ...

The state had 800 manatee deaths in 2022, before the number dropped to 555 in 2023 and 565 in 2024, according to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission data. As of April 4, 282 manatees ...

Amid an environmental threat to manatees in Florida, a federal district judge ruled the state violated the Endangered Species ...