The bill stipulates that the West Indian manatee will be treated as an endangered species according to the Endangered Species Act of 1973. This means that the manatee will receive legal protection ...

Prolonged exposure to cold water can cause manatees to lose body heat, leading to a potentially fatal condition known as "cold stress." ...

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. Florida manatees can be ...

After reviewing scientific and commercial data, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Monday proposed separate Endangered Species Act listings for two West Indian manatee subspecies.

The study, published in Environment International, examined lymphocyte, or white blood cell, responses to glyphosate at a range of concentrations ... 1973, the West Indian manatee, of which ...

Antillean manatees range from Cuba, Hispaniola ... The petition to restore the West Indian manatee’s endangered status was filed by the Save the Manatee Club, Center for Biological Diversity ...

"The West Indian manatee, a large marine mammal protected under the ESA and the Marine ... Despite their similar appearance, the Florida and Antillean manatees have distinct ranges, face different ...

Their average lifespan in the wild ranges between 30 and 40 years, although some individuals have been known ... which they prefer for the abundance of seagrasses and other aquatic vegetation. The ...

The West Indian manatee, of which the Florida manatee is a subspecies, is already considered threatened. However, some environmental groups hoped to have the Florida manatee uplisted as an ...

Thousands of manatees have starved to death in the last few years, and that should have been accounted for.” The West Indian manatee, including both the Florida and Puerto Rico subspecies, was ...

So, there is a Florida manatee and an Antillean manatee, and both are subspecies of the overarching West Indian manatee. "The Florida manatee was wrongfully downlisted in 2017 and that didn't take ...