Over 20 rescued manatees were recently released back into Florida's warm-water refuges. Some of the rehabilitated manatees gained hundreds of pounds, with one group eating over 60,000 pounds of ...

For Florida’s manatee population and manatee conservationists around the world, 2025 was a banner year. ZooTampa’s David A. Straw, Jr. Manatee Critical Care Center released 26 rehabilitated wild ...

TAMPA, Fla — It's a make-or-break time for Florida's iconic state marine mammal after 1,101 manatees died in the state in 2021. Patrick Rose, the executive director of the Save the Manatee Club, never ...

LEE COUNTY, Fla—WINK News has learned critical new details in the deaths of more than two dozen manatees in Lee County. According to the Save the Manatee Club, the Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

Adopting a manatee costs $25, and it includes an adoption certificate, manatee photo, biography and membership handbook. Members also receive a subscription to the quarterly newsletter, "The Manatee ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) confirmed that cold stress caused the deaths of 25 manatees at Manatee Park. However, questions remain about potential contributing factors.