New Delhi: In a win for dugongs—the marine mammal—and India’s larger marine conservation story, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) put forth a motion to recognise India’s first ...

Florida's manatees faced near-record deaths for young sea cows in 2025, but also saw seagrass recovery, new legal protections, and scientific breakthroughs offering hope for the future.

Florida Tech students are developing a robotic manatee, called "Mechanatee," to study real manatees without disturbing them. The robot will mimic the movements and communication of manatees to gather ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This past year brought mixed milestones for manatees: near-record deaths for young sea cows but also a bit more seagrass for ...

The fight to protect Florida’s state parks is not over. Floridians were outraged in 2024 when the Florida Department of Environmental Protection tried to force golf courses and hotels on state parks.

Species are declared extinct when there have been no verifiable sightings for 50 years. Declaring a species extinct has implications for conservation efforts and policies. While the other members of ...

Record cold in early 2026 caused 35 manatee deaths in Florida, nearly triple the five-year average. Despite recent deaths, Florida's overall manatee population was estimated to be between 8,350 and 11 ...

An artistic reconstruction of a herd of ancient sea cows foraging on the seafloor. Note to editors: Photos of the Al Maszhabiya site and fossils, an artist’s reconstruction of the new species in life ...