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.

Recent news articles and broadcasts have claimed that manatees are not native to Florida or only arrived on Florida's west ...

Armored catfish are driving manatees out of their warm-water refuges, putting their health at risk. Here’s why it’s happening ...

Manatees with these symptoms that are found away from warm-water sources are of the most concern. Before winter hits, around mid-November, manatees seek warm-water habitats, such as natural ...

They're also one of Florida’s best-known, best-loved critters. We’re talking, of course, about manatees. And if you love those chunky “sea cows,” you’re in luck: Now’s the best time to ...

"Seagrass is resilient, and it came back on its own, and manatees found it," de Wit said. While overall deaths have come down over the past two years, records show a spike in dead calves for this ...

African and West Indian manatee species. While Sirenian fossils have been found globally, only Florida and the Caribbean contain specimens from every epoch over the past 50 million years.

The manatee had been found by biologists lethargic and malnourished in mid-November in a drainage canal, likely attracted by the ditch's warmish waters, off the Tar River near Greenville.