A rescued manatee at the Jacksonville Zoo was the first to be released after rehab at the new critical care facility.

Found as an orphan, rescued a second time after a setback, and nursed back to health across multiple facilities, one Florida ...

The Jacksonville Zoo opened a new Manatee River Habitat in March as part of a $72 million upgrade. This new habitat serves as a federally permitted critical-care facility for rescued manatees. The zoo ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — U.S. wildlife officials have agreed to revise the critical habitat designation for Florida manatees, which have been dying in record numbers because water pollution is killing a ...

In the wild, Florida's manatees already face threats from cold stress, habitat loss, boat strikes and other human activities. Now advocates worry about the potential peril that manatees may encounter ...

Manatee season in Florida typically runs from mid-November through March 31, when dropping ocean temperatures send the gentle giants flocking to warmer inland springs and power plant discharge canals.

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — The federal government could expand critical habitats for manatees in Florida. The Fish and Wildlife Service says it designated more than 965,000 acres of critical habitat for ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Zoo and Botanical Gardens cut the ribbon Friday on its new J. Wayne and Delores Barr Weaver Manatee River Habitat and VyStar Sky Scape entrance. The habitat will ...

The state of Florida is in violation of the Endangered Species Act and must develop a plan for addressing the pollution that led in recent years to an unprecedented die-off of manatees, a federal ...

Manatees are regular visitors in many of Florida's waterways, particularly in the winter, when they migrate into Florida's natural springs to keep warm. But you can be arrested for touching or ...