Manatees have been seen swimming and grazing in South Louisiana waters. Are there manatees in Louisiana year round? What to ...
The West Indian Manatee is listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act and is protected by the Marine Mammal Protection Act. These animals rely on warm coastal waters and healthy seagrass ...
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 ...
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 ...
Two years ago, they had to toss manatees lettuce to keep them from starving. But this week, the feds balked at restoring "endangered" status to the Florida manatee. Instead, they plan to leave them at ...