Manatees deserve the highest levels of protection
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently declined to upgrade the protection level of Florida’s manatees.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently declined to upgrade the protection level of Florida’s manatees.
The US Fish and Wildlife Service said the sea cows’ plight does not fit the definition of endangered.
A proposal from the US Fish and Wildlife Service would revise critical habitat protections for the first time in nearly 50 ...
Manatees are eating less seagrass – traditionally their primary food source – and more algae than in decades past.
Critical habitat would expand to nearly 2 million acres in the first update since the West Indian manatee was protected ...
Will a harmful algal bloom follow Tropical Storm Debby?
Hanisak, director of education and the marine ecosystems health program at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, died May 7.
There are precedents for cities, counties and states to legislate rights for marine species in creative ways.
As ocean waters warm, many herbivores such as sea turtles and manatees are expanding their ranges.
Manatees have found shelter in warm-water discharges from power plants that may go offline over the next few decades.
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