Manatees, unlike whales, graze on the ocean floor and move about slowly by raising and lowering their tails. Based on where ...

The tail is the biggest hurdle: it must have the same range of motion as a real manatee. "When we get this right, we'll extrapolate this out to other mammals such as a whale," Wood added.

When scientists label a whale’s death as part of an unusual mortality event, or UME, that doesn’t mean that the whale’s cause of death is a mystery. It means that more whales are ...

blue whale and Florida manatee. Each of these species is already so depleted that the loss of only a few individuals can mean the difference between moving toward recovery or being pushed further ...

and awareness of wildlife including manatees, whales, dolphins, marine turtles and sturgeon. Manatee protections include “slow zones” and “no entry zones” for boaters to reduce collisions in areas ...