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The range-wide minimum known population is estimated to be at least 13,000 manatees, with more than 6,300 in Florida. When aerial surveys began in 1991, there were only an estimated 1,267 manatees in Florida, meaning that the last 25 years has seen a 400 percent increase in the species population in that state. [13] [14]
A recent Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission estimate put the population of manatees in the Sunshine State between 8,350 and 11,730, a figure that has been on the decline for the ...
Over the past two years, we’ve lost 26% of Florida’s manatee population. They are starving to death because the seagrass they eat is being killed by harmful algal blooms and poor water quality.
In the wake of thousands of Florida manatee deaths in recent years, federal wildlife officials Wednesday announced they will launch a new scientific review to determine whether the animal should ...
Around 1,100 manatees died in Florida in 2021, the highest number since the earliest available data in the 1970s. Now wildlife officials are taking a step they never have tried before to try to ...
Manatee protections, and marine and ocean conservation issues in Florida in general, should not be considered political issues. | Opinion Manatees should be listed as an endangered species. Don ...
Everyone likes manatees. Except, perhaps, for whoever scraped "TRUMP" into a manatee in 2020. Manatee populations have recovered significantly over the last few decades, after hunting and habitat ...
Environmental groups have sued the federal government to halt pollutants that kill seagrasses and manatees. Florida and the EPA should fix the crisis. Save the seagrass, lagoons and manatees