manatees

Tico the Manatee Rescued After Epic Journey of 2,500 Miles

Tico the Manatee Rescued After Epic Journey of 2,500 Miles

Nearly two months after a manatee named Tico was released from a rehabilitation facility and made his way into the deep waters of the open ocean, an international team of volunteers was delighted when he was found after traveling nearly 2,500 miles, reported The Australian. After being released into the wild by Brazilian NGO Aquasis […]

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    Officials Consider Feeding Florida’s Starving Manatees

    Officials Consider Feeding Florida’s Starving Manatees

    Florida’s manatees are in trouble, so much trouble that wildlife officials are considering an unprecedented intervention — feeding them. It is currently illegal to feed manatees, which are protected by the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, the Endangered Species Act of 1973 and the Florida Manatee Sanctuary Act of 1978. However, so many manatees […]

    Pollution Causing Food Scarcity, Death for Florida Manatees

    Pollution Causing Food Scarcity, Death for Florida Manatees

    Manatees are majestic creatures, and their presence near Florida brings a lot of awe from locals and tourists alike. But worsening pollution from agricultural runoff, wastewater and other pollutants is causing one of their primary food sources — seagrass — to run scarce. By October 2021 alone, nearly 1,000 manatees have died from food scarcity. […]

    Florida Manatees Die in Record Numbers From Lack of Food

    Florida Manatees Die in Record Numbers From Lack of Food

    A record number of manatees have died in Florida this year due to food scarcity in the Indian River Lagoon, officials said. The loss of seagrass in the waters has caused manatees to die from starvation and malnutrition, according to TCPalm. A total of 841 manatees died, with 312 deaths occurring in Brevard County’s segment […]

    The Shocking Number of Florida Manatees Killed by Boats Last Year

    The Shocking Number of Florida Manatees Killed by Boats Last Year

    By John R. Platt and Dipika Kadaba Florida manatees had another deadly year in 2019. An estimated 531 manatees died in Florida waters in the past 12 months. That’s a significant decrease from the number of deaths in 2018, when 824 manatees died, but it still represents a nearly 10 percent loss to their population […]

    A Record 589 Sea Turtles Killed By Florida’s Toxic Red Tide

    A Record 589 Sea Turtles Killed By Florida’s Toxic Red Tide

    Florida’s longest red tide in more than a decade has killed scores of the state’s most iconic marine animals. The current outbreak, which began in October 2017 off southwest Florida, has been tied to a record 589 sea turtle deaths and 213 manatee deaths, the Herald-Tribune reported, citing figures from the Florida Fish and Wildlife […]