Floridians love manatees. The marine animals, lovingly known as "sea cows" or "gentle giants," spend the winters swimming in rivers, bays, canals, estuaries and coastal areas from Nov. 15 to March 31.

Let’s discover the fantastic record-breaking manatee gathering in Florida at Blue Spring State Park. Park officials counted 932 manatees. Florida manatees have faced tough survival challenges in ...

The case of Si Tenang the baby dugong captured national attention in 1999. Atan Hussin (Pak Atan), a fisherman in southern Johor, had accidentally caught a baby dugong in his net. Finding that it ...

At this week’s Commission meeting in Tallahassee, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Commissioners voted to approve an amendment to the Manatee Protection Zones in Levy County, ...