Record number of young manatees died in Florida in 2024
A record 154 young Florida manatees died before reaching one year of age in 2024, including more than half of the 100 ...
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Manatee boat kills up in Florida for 2024, according to state wildlife agency
Watercraft manatee deaths were up in 2024 as 96 sea cows were hit and killed by vessels in the Sunshine State. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, or FWC, is reporting that 565 ...
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Florida's Gentle Giants: 565 manatees died in 2024, watercraft collisions a major threat
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has released its preliminary report on manatee mortality for 2024, revealing significant trends and ...
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A look at the status of the manatee population in Florida
Four years ago, Florida saw a record number of manatee deaths. A record 1,100 of them died in 2021, and two years ago, wildlife officials began hand-feeding manatees lettuce to stave off ...
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Wildlife officials propose to continue keeping Florida manatees' "threatened" classification
That came after a record number of Florida manatee deaths in 2021, many of which were caused by starvation stemming from a lack of seagrass. Ragan Whitlock, a Florida-based attorney with the ...
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Manatees congregate in warm waters near power plants as US winter storms graze Florida
According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, 565 manatee deaths were recorded in 2024, similar to the 555 deaths recorded a year earlier. Those numbers are down significantly ...
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Florida manatees expected to keep ‘threatened species' tag
That came after a record number of Florida manatee deaths in 2021, many of which were caused by starvation stemming from a lack of seagrass. Ragan Whitlock, a Florida-based attorney with the ...
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Have you seen a manatee stuck in a bicycle tire? Wildlife officials want help finding the impaired animal
but it swam away before Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission biologists could rescue it. Brisk temperatures caused a surge in Broward County manatee sightings as they moved south ...
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Herbicide threatens manatee immune systems, UF study finds
A new University of Florida ... at 9,790 manatees. However, over 2,000 manatees died in 2021 and 2022 alone, according to the Save the Manatee organization. While some of those deaths were ...
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Manatee to keep lesser 'threatened' status, despite mass starvation in recent years
Preliminary stats show that last year there were 565 manatee deaths in Florida, including 96 by watercraft; 17 in floodgate/locks; 10 'other human' causes; 151 perinatal deaths; 13 cold stress ...
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Why herds of manatees are huddling in water near America's power plants
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