MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Manatees are no longer an endangered species, US officials said Thursday, declaring success after decades of efforts to rebuild the population of the chubby sea cows ...

DESCRIPTION: West Indian manatees are large, gray-brown aquatic mammals with bodies that taper to a flat, paddle-shaped tail. They have two flippers with three to four nails on each, and their ...

The West Indian manatee is no longer considered endangered thanks to population growth and improvement in conditions of the species’ habitat, federal authorities said Thursday. The U.S. Fish and ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently announced the completion and availability of its five-year status review of the West Indian manatee, a federally-listed species protected under the ...

Although three different manatees are found around the world ― the West Indian (found here), the African manatee and the Amazonian manatee ― only one subspecies is found here.

A record 1,100 Florida manatees died in 2021, most from starvation due to seagrass loss in the Indian River Lagoon. But USFWS had already decided in 2017 to downlist manatees from endangered to ...

Florida is at the northern end of the West Indian manatee's winter range and these warm-water habitats play an important role in their survival during the winter months.