Manatees resorted to eating a staggering amount of algae after seagrasses died-off in Florida's Indian River Lagoon.
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An international team of marine scientists has observed multiple instances of bottlenose dolphins attacking manatee calves over many years. In their paper published in the open-access journal PLOS ONE, the group describes ...
(Phys.org) —Leisurely swims in warm, tropical waters fueled by the gaze of admiring fans and a healthy vegetarian diet. The life of a manatee hardly seems likely to prompt concerns about heart disease. But researchers at ...
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Jun 19, 2013
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Hurricane Ian not only ravaged southwest Florida on land but was destructive underwater as well. It destroyed man-made reefs and brought along red tide, the harmful algae blooms that kill fish and birds, according to marine ...
Ecology
Nov 1, 2022
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A cold spell and plunge in water temperature often mean a death sentence for manatees, but those in the Indian River—despite harsh environmental conditions and widespread starvation—survived the Christmas freeze without ...
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Dec 28, 2022
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Efforts to figure out what's killing scores of manatees in Florida's waters this year just got a big boost from the federal government.
Ecology
Mar 25, 2021
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All three species of manatee now present on Earth share a common ancestor from which they split some 6.5 million years ago, when a huge lake in Amazonia, then linked to the Caribbean, was cut off from the sea. The African ...
Molecular & Computational biology
May 11, 2021
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Florida's manatees had an especially deadly year in 2020, marked by particularly grim incidents: flood gates closing and crushing the "gentle giants," and even decapitating one.
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Feb 12, 2021
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Two Florida manatees whose living conditions at a Miami aquarium sparked online outrage have been escorted across the state by a caravan of wildlife officials to their new home at ZooTampa.
Plants & Animals
Dec 7, 2023
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Manatees are starving in Florida, so state and wildlife agencies are considering an unprecedented measure: supplemental feedings.
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Nov 22, 2021
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