Why are dugongs endangered? The cousin of the manatee has been put on the vulnerable list, elevating awareness about the ...

to rescue the manatee on New Year's Day ... The facility also counts other rescued animals among its residents — sea turtles and walruses among them — but it is the manatees, which face ...

The sea lab’s Manatee Sighting Network and the Alabama Marine Mammal Stranding Network responded and determined they needed to intervene. “The animal was skinny and had some skin discoloration ...

A manatee was spotted in a Pompano Beach waterway with a bike tire stuck around its torso on Dec. 27, but it swam away before Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission biologists could ...

Staff from the Dauphin Island Sea Lab’s Manatee Sighting Network (DISL/MSN) and the Alabama Marine Mammal Stranding Network immediately responded to assess the animal’s condition, determining ...

Manatee County Animal Welfare said this was a hard position ... the cats are ready to trade their sea legs in for a stable home and a family on land. "I think they’re thankful they’re not ...

While tourists may coo at the congregation of these charismatic animals ... and rising sea levels have re-engineered the Florida manatee’s natural habitat, limiting their access to food and ...

Watercraft manatee deaths were up in 2024 as 96 sea cows were hit and killed by vessels ... and the agency tallies deaths each year for animals like the manatee. The top two known causes of ...

(Orlando Sentinel file) SeaWorld Orlando: Guests to SeaWorld can visit the manatee rescue and rehabilitation facility to learn more about the animals and see the recovering sea cows. Epcot’s S ...

While a unique situation, seeing a West Indian manatee, or sea cow, in North Carolina isn ... they come across one of the docile, lumbering animals in N.C.'s coastal waters.

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — SeaWorld Orlando confirmed a distressed female manatee was rescued from the Tar River Monday, Nov. 18, 2024. They said the animal weighed 855 pounds and was almost nine ...

The animals here are Florida manatees, a subspecies of the West Indian manatee. They typically grow to about 10 feet long, weighing in at 1,000 pounds or more. They’re herbivores and consume as ...