Manatees are classified as threatened, though many environmentalists wish they would return to their former status of endangered. Fish and Wildlife reported 565 manatees dead in 2024. Three years ...

Lippincott watched the staff bottle feed a nearby baby named Biscayne and give meds to a 1,000-pound whopper named Arthur. She dislikes when people jokingly ask what a manatee’s purpose is ...

Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) A baby manatee swimming beside its mother comes to the surface to breathe, at Manatee Lagoon, a free attraction operated by Florida Power & Light ...

A dead baby manatee floats less than 200 yards ... State wildlife officials tried to mitigate the casualties by temporarily feeding lettuce to manatees. After two especially deadly winters ...

(AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell) A baby manatee swimming beside its ... tried to mitigate the casualties by temporarily feeding lettuce to manatees. After two especially deadly winters, seagrass ...

"And so they'll come here to Manatee Lagoon to get warm, then when they start to get hungry, they will travel out to find those seagrass beds, and they'll go feed until they get full, and they get ...

ANOTHER PIECE OF ADVICE IS LEAVE THE SEA COWS ALONE. WE DO ASK THAT. >> PEOPLE NOT FEED OR WATER MANATEES. THAT DOES CHANGE THERE. NATURAL BEHAVIORS AND THAT THEY BECOME MORE ACCUSTOMED TO ...

“And so they’ll come here to Manatee Lagoon to get warm, then when they start to get hungry, they will travel out to find those seagrass beds, and they’ll go feed until they get ...

Brooks reminds us all to not feed manatees and to simply let them be. Feeding manatees can change their natural behaviors and become more accustomed to approaching humans.

The way these baby Manatee twins were positioned next to their mother ... Dugong (Dugong dugon) accompanied by school of Golden trevally fish (Gnathanodon speciosus) feeding Smooth ribbon seagrass ...

“And so they’ll come here to Manatee Lagoon to get warm, then when they start to get hungry, they will travel out to find those seagrass beds, and they’ll go feed until they get full, and they get ...