Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The dramatic rescue Monday, Feb. 10, of a manatee stuck in drainpipe in Melbourne Beach has once again put the gentle sea cow in ...

Through March, Florida's already seen 31 watercraft-related manatee deaths, compared to the 5-year average of 21 deaths from ...

Visitors who want an up-close look at the manatees being cared for at the Jacksonville Zoo and Botanical Gardens won’t have to travel far from the zoo’s new entrance to see them. The newly finished ...

Make way for the manatee. A surprise sea cow sighting put the brakes on a $64 million Gulf Coast construction project, according to a news release from the Texas Department of Transportation. ALSO ...

It was all hands — and flippers — on deck when a nearly 10-foot mama manatee needed a lifeline in Southwest Florida. After a 1,042-pound manatee was seen fighting for her life in Cape Coral waters on ...

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (WSAV) — Manatees are escaping Florida for the season and moving upward along the Georgia and South Carolina coastline. The animal, often called a sea cow, has been spotted ...

You can call them the snowbirds of the sea. Manatee "season" kicks off Nov. 15 as the gentle giants make their way along our shores and canals and (hopefully) stop by Florida Power & Light Co.’s ...

Christopher Columbus gets credit for the first written record of manatees in North America, ones he saw near the Dominican Republic in 1492. West Indian manatees, also called Florida manatees, are ...

Florida's manatees faced near-record deaths for young sea cows in 2025, but also saw seagrass recovery, new legal protections, and scientific breakthroughs offering hope for the future.