A record 154 young Florida manatees died before reaching one year of age in 2024, including more than half of the 100 ...

The five-year average for manatee boat deaths is 99, FWC records ... Florida's manatee population in recent years. Instead of aerial surveys, FWC developed a statistical method for causes of death ...

Ashley Benefield's defense requested she be released on bond pending her appeal. She was sentenced to 20 years in prison for manslaughter with a firearm.

The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office says Aldo Jean Pierre Armijos-Casillo, 32, has been arrested in connection to a fatal ...

A record 1,100 Florida manatees died in 2021 ... no quick fix to stopping the manatee famine Florida logs lowest manatee death toll since 2019 Young Florida manatees top 2024 death toll ...

Four years ago, Florida saw a record number of manatee deaths ... Have efforts to clean up the water and reduce the death rate in manatees succeeded? What more needs to be done for the manatee ...

A record 1,100 Florida manatees died in 2021 ... nine 'other undetermined causes. The manatee death toll got so bad in late 2020 that in April 2021, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...

In 2021, Florida set a record for manatee deaths in the wild at 1,100 ... Those that did not starve to death weren’t much better off: emaciated, sick and unable to produce healthy young.

Thousands of manatees have starved to death in the last few years, and that should have been accounted for.” The West Indian manatee ... This two-year record represents more than 20% of all manatees ...