“FWC's marine mammal team rescued a 7-foot cold-stressed manatee on (Feb. 26), and it was transported to Bishop Museum’s ...

A few symptoms include slow heart rate, weight loss, sores, barnacles or algae on the skin and blue or pale skin. Cold stress is usually most prevalent in younger and infant manatees.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission staff found a small female manatee with severe cold stress in a ditch near Satellite Beach. The staff along with volunteers rescued the ...

The gentle, slow-moving Florida manatee has no natural predators. And yet, these charismatic mammals face numerous threats. Manatees are struck by vessels in busy waterways across the state ...