We found that manatees are eating less seagrass – traditionally their primary food source – and more algae than in decades past. This change occurred along Florida’s Atlantic coast during a ...

A fifth Tropical Smoothie Cafe could be coming to Manatee County. According to paperwork filed with the county’s development ...

While red tide counts reportedly fell in parts of Florida's Gulf coast, the toxic algae is suspected in the recent deaths of ...

Florida's youngest manatees died in record numbers last year, possibly from lingering malnutrition or a counterintuitive sign that sea cow reproduction is slowly recovering, after years of fewer ...

As temperatures dropped in January across much of Florida and the East ... water temperatures causes manatees to lose body heat and inadequately digest their food, which can lead to a condition ...