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 ...

Manatees remain among the most charismatic 'canaries' in Indian River Lagoon's ecological ‘coal mine.’ In 2025, they kept ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — It’s one thing to visit an aquarium and gaze in awe at a 1,000-pound manatee swimming just behind the glass. It’s another thing to share the same water with Florida’s sea cows, ...

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 ...

(Story updated to add information that giving water to manatees is illegal.) The snowbirds are heading north again, but our beloved manatees are staying put right here in Southwest Florida. On Monday, ...

Manatees are gathering in the warm water near a Florida Power & Light plant in Palm Beach County to escape the cold. Manatees ...

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 ...

Make way for the manatee. A surprise sea cow sighting put the brakes on a $64 million Gulf Coast construction project, according to a news release from the Texas Department of Transportation. ALSO ...

What began in the 1980s as a local “welcome back” celebration for the area’s favorite underwater winter residents has grown ...