Manatees will spend the next several months swimming to and from warm water retreats in Florida as their nature requires temps at or above 68 degrees.

Last week wildlife officials from Florida and North Carolina descended on the Tar River near Greenville to rescue an animal that isn't supposed to be in the Tar Heel State − well, at least in ...

Florida Tech students are developing a robotic manatee, called "Mechanatee," to study real manatees without disturbing them. The robot will mimic the movements and communication of manatees to gather ...

November marks the 45th year for Manatee Awareness Month, a special time to recognize and honor Florida’s sea cows that was designated by former Florida Gov. Bob Graham in 1979. This month also marks ...

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

Unlike other locations in Florida where you can interact with manatees – the Crystal River area north of Tampa is probably the most famous – the water here isn’t clear, so it isn’t always easy to see ...

It's often called a manatee migration, but Florida's cows aren't leaving state waters in search of some secluded island in the warm waters of the Caribbean. Instead, they're headed upstream and into ...