Two of the manatees were rescued from the Fort Myers-Bonita Springs area in 2024 and released Feb. 18. according to Save the ...

An FWC spokesman said the agency will likely have an update on the number of manatees that died after FPL heat pumps failed ...

Statewide, 24 manatees have been rescued so far this year, six of them in Lee County between Feb. 19-26, showing signs of cold stress, watercraft injuries and malnutrition, according to the Manatee ...

Ordered by a federal judge to save starving manatees from polluted septic tanks, Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection came down hard on the wrong side — the side of the tanks. In a 56-page ...

City surveyors in Melbourne Beach, Florida, heard an unusual chirping under a road on Feb. 9 while doing routine work, and thought it could be coming from rats. Instead, they discovered a 7-foot-long ...

According to the Save the Manatee Club, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) told them as many as 30 ...

At least 25 manatees died in Lee County last week. Wildlife officials say cold stress was likely a factor, but questions remain about an unplanned shutdown at an FPL power plant.

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The two orphaned manatees - Orchid and Vora - arrived at the aquarium in November 2025.

After a record 1,100 manatees died last year in Florida, environmental groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to force federal wildlife officials to upgrade habitat protections. The Center for ...