Manatees deserve the highest levels of protection
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently declined to upgrade the protection level of Florida’s manatees.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently declined to upgrade the protection level of Florida’s manatees.
For the first time since 1997, the Sanctuary is updating its regulations, marine zones and management plan.
The US Fish and Wildlife Service said the sea cows’ plight does not fit the definition of endangered.
A proposal from the US Fish and Wildlife Service would revise critical habitat protections for the first time in nearly 50 ...
If Floridians want to protect fishing, they’ll amend our state constitution with a right to clean and healthy waters
Manatees are eating less seagrass – traditionally their primary food source – and more algae than in decades past.
The research will develop systems to navigate through ocean environments that are now difficult or impossible to explore.
It is the first time the non-native seagrass species, Halophila stipulacea, has been found in waters along the continental US.
Will a harmful algal bloom follow Tropical Storm Debby?
Over the past two decades, sea surface temperatures in the estuaries rose 500% faster than in the global oceans.
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