WEST PALM BEACH ... a primary cause in areas like Biscayne Bay and the Indian River, according to the FWC report. January 15: A male manatee (289 cm) in Lake Worth Lagoon, Hypoluxo, died due ...

A polar vortex that has hit much of the U.S. with ice and snow has dealt a glancing blow to Florida and its manatee ...

“The center of those problems was in the Indian River Lagoon ... pregnancy rates, more manatees being born, you always have a proportion that does not make it,” de Wit said. “I think that was just a ...

Under the Endangered Species Act, the West Indian manatee was considered to be threatened, but now wildlife experts are subdividing the group into two subspecies, each with its own unique designation.

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 ...

Manatees belong to the order Sirenia, which includes the Amazonian, African and West Indian manatee species. While Sirenian fossils have been found globally, only Florida and the Caribbean contain ...

When active, manatees must surface every three to five minutes to breathe but they can hold their breath for as long as 20 minutes when resting. Florida is at the northern end of the West Indian ...