It’s possible you’ve seen West Indian manatees along coastal and riverine areas and been enticed to pet them, but you shouldn’t. West Indian manatees were listed under the federal Endangered ...

The type of manatee found in Florida is called the Florida manatee, which is a sub-species of the West Indian manatee. Manatees are typically found in Florida’s coastal waters, ...

Spanning around 10 feet in length and weighing 1,000 pounds on average, manatees are the gentle giants of water. In some cases, the "sea cow" can grow up to 13 feet long and weigh 3,500 pounds ...

Manatees — the gentle, roly-poly marine mammals once mistaken by sailors for mythic mermaids — have been classified as endangered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) since 1967. But ...

Manatees Escape The Endangered List — But Maybe Too Soon : The Two-Way It seems like quite a win for the marine mammal, which was nearly extinct just a few decades ago.