TAMPA, Fla. – Manatees, which are iconic fixtures of the Sunshine State, might not have always been permanent residents of ...

A new study suggests manatees weren’t permanent residents in the Sunshine State until around the 20th century, drawn in by a ...

Located near the confluence of the Solimões and Japurá rivers, Lake Amanã, which means “the path of the rain,” is known as ...

LARGO, Fla. — The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC) has released the cause of death of a manatee found belly-up over ...

We know manatees to be important fixtures in Florida, but new research has suggested that they might be relatively recent ...

Manatees are a bit like the Sunshine State's transplants: they recently moved there, attracted by the warm weather and human ...

Rescuers found five survivors and four bodies on Tuesday from the wreck of a boat carrying tourists that sank amid high waves ...

New research suggests that while manatees are an indelible part of Florida’s seascape, they might also be relatively new ...

New research suggests that while manatees are an indelible part of Florida's seascape, they might also be relatively new ...

Historic accounts reveal manatee populations increased in the 1800s and 1900s alongside human populations. A new study ...

Over the course of his career, study co-author and University of South Florida anthropologist Thomas Pluckhahn realized that ...

ORLANDO, Fla. - Two manatees are being nursed back to health at SeaWorld Orlando after separate rescues. One is a calf that ...