Christopher Columbus gets credit for the first written record of manatees in North America, ones he saw near the Dominican Republic in 1492. West Indian manatees, also called Florida manatees, are ...

The Dolphin Research Center’s Manatee Rescue Team in the Florida Keys has already saved more manatees than in all of last year, as threats like boat strikes, fishing line entanglements and worsening ...

In the wild, Florida’s manatees already face threats from cold stress, habitat loss, boat strikes and other human activities. Now advocates worry about the potential peril that manatees may encounter ...