Lee County leads Florida in manatee deaths from boat strikes in 2025, with 14 recorded incidents. Statewide, manatee deaths from boat collisions are above the five-year average, totaling 97 for the ...

SeaWorld Orlando, the FWC, JSO, the city of Jacksonville and volunteers worked together on Thursday morning to return Koa, an adult male manatee, to the Ortega River after he was injured and had to be ...

William & Mary students will have a unique opportunity to collaborate with Mote Marine Laboratory on a multidisciplinary research project applying artificial intelligence to identify and track ...

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 ...