May 20, 2025
A federal judge required the state to go through a permitting process and to block new septic tanks.…
April 25, 2025
Making way for manatees in the St. Johns River
A committee is studying how to protect manatees while supporting recreational and commercial uses of the river.…
April 14, 2025
Judge faults state in manatee deaths and calls for protections
The judge said the state has violated the federal Endangered Species Act by failing to regulate wastewaster discharges properly.…
March 28, 2025
BIT OF JOY | Manatee deaths down
State and federal officials intervened to stop a manatee die-off linked to a loss of seagrass.…
January 14, 2025
Florida manatees won’t be listed as endangered species
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says the manatee’s numbers have not fallen enough to change their status from “threatened.”…
January 3, 2025
Study finds manatees may be ‘recent immigrants’ to Florida
Results from archaeological digs have shown few manatee bones in Native American settlements in Florida.…
February 21, 2024
The sad death of a manatee nursed to health in Jacksonville
Asha was released into the wild after nearly two years at the Jacksonville Zoo. Then someone, for some reason, removed…
October 20, 2023
Jax zoo begins work on new entrance and manatee habitat
The two projects are part of the zoo’s “Rezoovenation” campaign to upgrade facilities and animal habitats.…