Manatees gather at TECO’s Big Bend Power Station every winter to keep warm. A new project is planting acres of seagrass to give them a fresh food source. Scientists hope the restored beds will be ...

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — 25 tons of lettuce. That’s how much food manatees have been able to feast on since the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission started its manatee feeding program in ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A two-year experimental feeding program for starving Florida manatees will not immediately resume this winter as conditions have improved for the threatened marine mammals and ...

Researchers recently gathered near Hilton Head to assess the health of manatees, part of an effort to protect the species as ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — U.S. wildlife officials have agreed to revise the critical habitat designation for Florida manatees, which have been dying in record numbers because water pollution is killing a ...

Researchers have tracked four manatees, Gar, Luciano, Larmore and Gotti, who have chosen the Hilton Head area as their temporary home ...

DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. (WKRG) — Summertime is here and that brings a host of wildlife to our Gulf Coast, including manatees. These serene creatures play a vital role in our ecosystem, so it’s important ...

NAGS HEAD, N.C. — As summer settles over the Carolina coast, more Florida manatees are being spotted in the waters around the Outer Banks. These gentle marine mammals, often called “sea cows,” migrate ...

NAGS HEAD, N.C. (WNCT) — The N.C. Aquarium Jennette’s Pier reminds people living in the Outer Banks that Florida manatees will be visiting this summer. Marina Doshkov, Marine Mammal Stranding ...