Researchers believe a decline in seagrass is leaving manatees malnourished. Dave Fleetham/Design Pics Editorial/Universal Images Group via Getty Images The gentle, slow-moving Florida manatee has no ...

Despite not having any natural predators, the slow-moving Florida manatee is facing major threats to its survival. Such threats occur due to collisions with vessels, uncontrolled algae growth from ...

Crystal River has long been a safe haven for the Florida manatee, but when an invasive algae wiped out the eelgrass that manatees need for food, the community rallied to restore the river and save the ...

76 manatees have died from boat strikes this year, the highest number in five years. Perinatal deaths are the leading cause of manatee deaths this year, surpassing boat strikes. While more manatees ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Manatees were taken off the U.S. Interior Department's list of endangered species on Thursday and reclassified as threatened, a move condemned by conservationists who say it ...

SPRING HILL, Fla. — There’s a troubling trend here in Hernando County. Five manatees have turned up dead in just 36 days along the Mud River in Spring Hill. The year before, officials say only one ...

(THE CONVERSATION) The gentle, slow-moving Florida manatee has no natural predators. And yet, these charismatic mammals face numerous threats. Manatees are struck by vessels in busy waterways across ...