It's often called a manatee migration, but Florida's cows aren't leaving state waters in search of some secluded island in the warm waters of the Caribbean. Instead, they're headed upstream and into ...

Florida Tech students are developing a robotic manatee, called "Mechanatee," to study real manatees without disturbing them. The robot will mimic the movements and communication of manatees to gather ...

Last week wildlife officials from Florida and North Carolina descended on the Tar River near Greenville to rescue an animal that isn't supposed to be in the Tar Heel State − well, at least in ...

November marks the 45th year for Manatee Awareness Month, a special time to recognize and honor Florida’s sea cows that was designated by former Florida Gov. Bob Graham in 1979. This month also marks ...

As the manatee wintering season winds down, state researchers are using a unique research tool _ a 29-foot airship _ to complete a two-week study of the Homosassa Blue Waters. Scientists from Sarasota ...

Unlike other locations in Florida where you can interact with manatees – the Crystal River area north of Tampa is probably the most famous – the water here isn’t clear, so it isn’t always easy to see ...

PARIS, March 27 (Reuters) - A Paris zoo has welcomed a young manatee cow from a zoo in central France, hoping it will breed with one of its males and help secure the future of the species that has ...

Manatees will spend the next several months swimming to and from warm water retreats in Florida as their nature requires temps at or above 68 degrees.