During the wet season, nearby Lake Okeechobee spills over and flows into the Everglades. Water flows southward through ...

SeaWorld Orlando has announced that it has now logged 1,000 manatee rescues.

Three Florida Tech students are making a mechanical 'spy' manatee to covertly learn sea cows' deepest secrets.

Fast forward five decades to Florida Institute of Technology, and one might ask: 'Do android manatees dream of other cybernetic sea cows?' Deeper techno philosophizing aside, three Florida Tech ...

It was an impressive feat, given the manatee’s weight of about 1,000 pounds. A U-Haul needed to transport the sea cow. A short drive later, it was in the waters of a medical pool at the Dolphon ...

Floridians love manatees. The marine animals, lovingly known as "sea cows" or "gentle giants," spend the winters swimming in rivers, bays, canals, estuaries and coastal areas from Nov. 15 to March 31.

More than 1,100 manatees died after seagrass was smothered by algae in the Indian River Lagoon in 2021. Just this year alone, nearly 150 of the sea cows have died in Florida. In 2024, 565 manatee ...

Six months after Hurricane Debby deluged hundreds of Manatee County homes, new reports answer questions about the Lake Manatee Dam’s role in the flooding. Some residents have wondered whether ...