Recent news articles and broadcasts have claimed that manatees are not native to Florida or only arrived on Florida's west ...

The North American east coast, including Florida, is home to West Indian manatee ... For years, manatee populations have been negatively impacted by many factors, including habitat loss.

The intention behind this bill is to address the declining population of the West Indian manatee, which has faced threats due to habitat loss, watercraft collisions, and environmental changes.

Representatives Darren Soto (D-FL) and Vern Buchanan (R-FL) have introduced bipartisan legislation to protect Florida's manatees. Specifically, the Manatee ...

Critical habitat for the Florida and the Antillean ... 2025-01/us-fish-and-wildlife-service-publishes-finding-two-west-indian-manatee. An “endangered" species is in danger of extinction ...

The petition to restore the West Indian manatee’s endangered ... Service proposed last September expanding the manatee’s critical habitat in Florida to nearly 2 million acres and establishing ...

A new University of Florida study focusing on manatees’ immune ... and to designate critical habitat for the Antillean manatee, another subspecies of the West Indian manatee.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— Conservation organizations today filed a formal notice of their intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for failing to revise outdated critical habitat for Florida ...

“Protecting the habitat of these magnificent creatures is long overdue, but we’re happy these safeguards will soon be in place.” A record-setting 1,100 Florida manatees died in 2021, mostly because of ...

After reviewing scientific and commercial data, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Monday proposed separate Endangered Species Act listings for two West Indian manatee subspecies.