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

Three Democratic U.S. senators are asking the Trump administration to explain how it analyzed a proposed rule to eliminate ...

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 ...

Mote, seeking a larger role in manatee rehabilitation, awaits decision on $5 million to build new center for up to 12 ...

It’s hard to think of a more defenseless creature than the manatee. The curious marine mammal has no natural enemies — other than man. Unfortunately, men (and women) in Florida are killing ...

so don’t expect to meet either of the convalescing manatees anytime soon. “They are in our hospital,” Crosby said. In its hospital facilities, Mote has treated 74 dolphins and whales ...