PORT ARANSAS, Texas - A rare wildlife encounter with a West Indian manatee and an environmentally-aware crew temporarily halted a $64 million ferry project on the Texas Gulf Coast this summer. "TxDOT ...

Manatees have been seen swimming and grazing in South Louisiana waters. Are there manatees in Louisiana year round? What to know.

The return of summer in the Cape Fear region means more than just local roads clogged with tourists, the smell of suntan lotion, and pop-up afternoon thunderstorms. It also means the increasing ...

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 ...

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — The West Indian manatee, of which the Florida manatee is a subspecies, is already considered threatened. However, some environmental groups hoped to have the Florida manatee ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

Recent news articles and broadcasts have drawn on a 2024 University of South Florida study to claim that manatees are not native to Florida or only arrived on Florida’s west coast in the 1950s. These ...

A rare wildlife encounter with a West Indian manatee and an environmentally aware crew temporarily halted a $64 million ferry project on the Texas Gulf Coast this summer. “TxDOT crews knew what to do ...