The North American east coast, including Florida, is home to West Indian manatee. The Amazonian manatee can be found in the Amazon River, while the African manatee lives along the west coast and ...

The West Indian manatee on the new stamp is described as a “gentle and vulnerable” marine mammal, inhabiting Florida’s inland waterways and warm areas of the coastal Atlantic, Caribbean and ...

15 Manatee Facts 1. Manatees are the teddy bears of the sea. These roly-poly teddy bears clock in at 9 to 13 feet long and typically anywhere from 1000 to 1300 pounds.

The Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) is a subspecies of the West Indian manatee, according to FWS.The Antillean manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus) is the other subspecies, and it ...

Although three different manatees are found around the world ― the West Indian (found here), the African manatee and the Amazonian manatee ― only one subspecies is found here.

After reviewing scientific and commercial data, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Monday proposed separate Endangered Species Act listings for two West Indian manatee subspecies.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — As manatees continue to come under threat, the U.S. Postal Service will unveil its new manatee-themed postage stamp to raise awareness for the species. The "Save ...

The West Indian manatee had seen extremely low numbers due to a range of threats, including habitat destruction, but due to improving population sizes, was reclassified from "endangered" to ...

It's the first USPS manatee stamp since 1996. The postal service said on its website that the stamp "features an illustration by Nancy Stahl showing a gray-green West Indian manatee placidly ...

PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (AP) — A manatee that made a rare visit to Rhode Island has been found dead offshore, bringing a sad end to the marine mammal’s curious appearance in New England.

A Florida manatee has wandered hundreds of miles out of its range to a fishing post in Texas, where it is entertaining locals with its lumbering grace and penchant for showing its flippers and belly.