This Daytime segment is sponsored by Discover Crystal River Florida. Your manatee adventure starts here, in the Manatee ...

The bill stipulates that the West Indian manatee will be treated as an endangered species according to the Endangered Species Act of 1973. This means that the manatee will receive legal protection ...

When the West Indian manatee first earned endangered species protection in the early 1970s, the gentle and sociable marine mammals were critically close to extinction, with only a few hundred of the ...

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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 ...

Discover the Sunshine State's beloved "sea cows" and learn how to safely observe them in their natural habitat. Florida, a state boasting over 80 distinct ecosystems and home to more than 4,000 native ...