Learn more about Florida's state marine mammal, including information on organizations looking to protect them and how you ...

The Trump administration’s sweeping cuts to the federal workforce are impacting the only national refuge created specifically for threatened manatees.

Florida's manatees will likely remain a threatened species. Federal environmental regulators won't recommended increasing their protections as an endangered species.

The West Indian manatee, including both the Florida and ... the possibility that an unusual mortality event was on the horizon in the Indian River Lagoon. The Florida manatee has now endured more than ...

Crystal River, about 70 miles north of Tampa on Florida’s west coast, is one of the only ... that Crystal River is known as the Manatee Capital of the World. Learn about swimming with these ...

Unlike other locations in Florida where you can interact with manatees – the Crystal River area north of ... a subspecies of the West Indian manatee. They typically grow to about 10 feet long ...