Wayne Hartley, a manatee specialist who works for Save the Manatee Club, tallies daily totals of sea cows at Blue Spring State Park.

November marks the 45th year for Manatee Awareness Month, a special time to recognize and honor Florida’s sea cows that was designated by former Florida Gov. Bob Graham in 1979. This month also ...

Manatees will spend the next several months swimming to and from warm water retreats as their tropical nature requires temps at or above 68 degrees.

Summertime is here and that brings a host of wildlife to our Gulf Coast, including manatees. These serene creatures play a ...

Dauphin Island researchers are calling on Gulf Coast beachgoers to keep an eye out for the “coast’s most charismatic seasonal visitors,” West Indian manatees. Also known as “sea cows ...

Virginia Beach Sea cow spotting: Manatee relaxes in Virginia Beach's Lynnhaven Inlet While manatees aren't currently considered endangered, they still face challenges related to human involvement.

This was one benefit to the chilly temperatures we experienced in southwest Florida last month: We had perfect conditions for a close encounter of the manatee kind at Lee County Manatee Park.

Save the Manatee Club wants people to ponder what they can do to help sea cows on International Manatee Day.

Manatees are also related to a huge, subarctic sirenian called the Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas), which was hunted to extinction in the 1760s. Manatees are thought to live to the age of about ...

As manatee sightings and maybe numbers in NC increase, officials say people need to learn to observe but leave the docile, endangered sea cows alone.

Manatees will spend the next several months swimming to and from warm water retreats as their tropical nature requires temps at or above 68 degrees.