The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission staff found a small female manatee with severe cold stress in a ditch ...

As temperatures dropped in January across much of the East and the Sunshine State, threatened manatees suffered significant ...

In an emailed statement, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) said officers coordinated with residents and local experts to retrieve the manatee from the waterway for ...

The changes to protection zones come after an FWC 2024 manatee distribution survey that showed the animal’s travel patterns shifting closer to zones of the Withlacoochee River that are currently ...

Watercraft manatee deaths were up in 2024 as 96 sea cows were hit and killed by vessels in the Sunshine State. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, or FWC, is reporting that 565 ...

A record 154 young Florida manatees died before reaching one year of age in 2024, including more than half of the 100 ...

After extensive efforts to remove the tire, the manatee broke free in 2020 when it was hit by a boat propeller that cut off significant portions of the tire. If the public helps the FWC with ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis has announced the Boater Freedom Initiative, a legislative proposal that protects Floridians’ right to boat ...

These releases involved many partners, including SeaWorld, ZooTampa at Lowry Park, Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Cincinnati Zoo ...

A polar vortex that has hit much of the U.S. with ice and snow has dealt a glancing blow to Florida and its manatee population ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC) has a mystery on their hands after a manatee was found dead in a canal in Pinellas County. Neighbors in Largo told 10 Tampa Bay they saw the adult ...