A rescued manatee at the Jacksonville Zoo was the first to be released after rehab at the new critical care facility.

The new J. Wayne and Delores Barr Weaver Manatee River Habitat and VyStar SkyScape Entrance at Jacksonville Zoo and Botanical Gardens will finally open in March after years of construction. J. Wayne ...

The Jacksonville Zoo opened a new Manatee River Habitat in March as part of a $72 million upgrade. This new habitat serves as a federally permitted critical-care facility for rescued manatees. The zoo ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — 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 ...

A manatee appeared in waters off Cape Cod for the first time in nearly a decade, drawing attention from marine mammal ...

For Florida's manatee population and manatee conservationists around the world, 2025 was a banner year. ZooTampa's David A. Straw, Jr. Manatee Critical Care Center released 26 rehabilitated wild ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Zoo and Botanical Gardens cut the ribbon Friday on its new J. Wayne and Delores Barr Weaver Manatee River Habitat and VyStar Sky Scape entrance. The habitat will ...

Boat collisions, habitat loss, cold stress, and limited food can all threaten the species.

In the wild, Florida’s manatees already face threats from cold stress, habitat loss, boat strikes and other human activities. Now advocates worry about the potential peril that manatees may encounter ...

The state of Florida is in violation of the Endangered Species Act and must develop a plan for addressing the pollution that led in recent years to an unprecedented die-off of manatees, a federal ...

Manatees are regular visitors in many of Florida's waterways, particularly in the winter, when they migrate into Florida's natural springs to keep warm. But you can be arrested for touching or ...