Warm water, usually 60 degrees or warmer, is a must for both West Indian and West African manatees due to their low metabolic ...

Sea cow, not pond cow. A juvenile manatee was rescued from a small pond in Florida — a mile and a half from open water — after being stranded there due to the storm surge of Hurricane Helene.

Last September, Tasajerito the manatee was found lost in a Colombian swamp, just three days old and separated from his mother. Nine months later, the baby sea cow weighs as much as an adult woman ...