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The ongoing unusual mortality event is prompting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to consider reclassifying Florida’s state marine mammal as an…

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A two-year experimental feeding program for starving Florida manatees will not immediately resume this winter as conditions…

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Federal wildlife officials will consider whether manatees should be classified as an endangered species, pointing to issues such as a loss of seagrass…

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Local volunteers for the Florida Springs Heartland Manatee Sighting Network, a citizen-science program started by the Alachua County Environmental Protection Department in 2022, recently completed a six-month monitoring period to note the presence of manatees in area springs and rivers.

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A new study by the Environmental Working Group compared its findings to data from the FDA that measured PFAS levels in seafood from grocery stores and found that the supermarket samples had a drastically lower concentration of PFAS compounds than freshwater fish.

TAMPA, Fla. – Lluvia and her calf Morado glide to the bottom of their habitat to munch on romaine lettuce; this is hour one of the eight they spend eating…

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