Florida manatee

Five conservation groups petitioned the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Nov. 21 to reclassify the manatee from threatened to endangered status because the mammal’s population is rapidly declining, largely due ...

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.–Gov. Ron DeSantis pledged $30 million toward the rescue, rehabilitation, and habitat restoration of Florida manatees. ...

PUNTA GORDA, Florida–The program to feed lettuce to starving manatees is scaling down as the weather gets warmer, ...

Since first being listed as endangered, the manatee population has rebounded to over 6,600 individuals.