Nearly 1,000 Manatees Gather in Blue Spring State Park; Historic Gathering May Have To Do With the Weather

Medicine & Technology Jan 30, 2024

Experts regard the record-breaking gathering of almost 1,000 manatees in a Florida park as "very unusual" since these solitary animals rarely gather. Find out more details of this historic event in this article.

Endangered Again? Florida Manatees Were Downlisted to 'Threatened Species' But Scientists Set To Review Potential Reclassification

Oct 13, 2023

Manatees used to be considered endangered species but were downlisted to "threatened species" in 2017. Read to learn more.

Tico The Manatee Rescued for the Second Time After He Was Released Into the Wild Following 7 Years of Rehabilitation

Sep 07, 2022

Meet Tico the manatee, Brazil's rescued aquatic mammal. Read the full story of how and why they had to rescue Tico for the second time.

Pollution Endangers Florida Manatees: Conservationists Try Everything Including Lettuces to Save the Beloved Marine Mammals

Apr 10, 2022

After decades of pollution, the sea grass at the Indian River Lagoon is wiped out. Read on to find out how through donations local wildlife conservationists were able to feed tonnes of lettuces to manatees.

Manatees Have Returned Back From The Jaw Of Extinction, US Officials Confirmed

Mar 31, 2017

Manatees which is also known as sea cows has promoted to threatened species from endangered status. for the first time in 1966, manatees are considered as endangered under the protection act, but since 1980 a remarkable change in their number observed.

Conservation Efforts Bring Florida Manatees to Record Numbers

Mar 16, 2015

It seems that efforts to restore the manatee population is beginning to pay off as a record number of manatees have been tallied in Florida's annual survey of endangered marine mammals, state wildlife officials said on Monday.