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Three adult male manatees rescued from waters in the Keys earlier this year were returned to a canal after being treated and rehabilitated at SeaWorld Orlando.
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Environmental groups are asking U.S. wildlife officials to return manatees to the endangered species list four years after they were downlisted to threatened, as hundreds continue to die mainly from pollution-caused starvation.
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Lettuce will be on the menu again this year for Florida manatees as part of an effort to slow the starvation deaths of the beloved marine mammals.
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Hoping to protect manatees as they congregate this winter, state wildlife officials Tuesday issued an emergency rule that will temporarily prevent boating in an area of the Indian River Lagoon near a Florida Power & Light power plant.
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A record number of manatees died in Florida last year. Now an environmental group has filed a federal lawsuit charging that the state is violating the Endangered Species Act due to septic tanks and sewage-treatment plants discharging into the Indian River Lagoon in Brevard County.
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An ailing manatee that was found and rehabilitated in Texas late last year was flown to Florida on a cargo plane and released into a bay near a wildlife refuge along the Gulf Coast this week.
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Fewer manatee deaths have been recorded so far this year in Florida compared to the record-setting numbers in 2021, but wildlife officials cautioned Wednesday that chronic starvation remains a dire and ongoing threat to the marine mammals.
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There have been 625 manatee deaths in Florida waters so far this year.
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After a record number of manatee deaths mostly linked to malnutrition, state and federal wildlife officials hope to double rescue and rehabilitation capacity before the sea cows again congregate in warm waters during the winter.
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U.S. wildlife officials have agreed to revise the critical habitat designation for Florida manatees, which have been dying in record numbers because water pollution is killing a main food source.
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Florida's offshore marine habitat is in peril. Populations of fish are dwindling in many places, and manatees have been dying in record numbers. The basis for much of this life lies in seagrass just under our boats. We join scientist on a trip into one of the healthiest seagrass meadows in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Wildlife officials working to prevent threatened Florida manatees from starving to death say they're encouraged that some of the marine mammals' favorite food is growing naturally in a key area.