Gulfarium Marine Adventure Park introduces Manatee Cove, featuring rescued manatees Lil Joe and Inigo. Here's what we know: ...

The first manatee ever rescued in North Carolina was released back into the wild Thursday after spending a few weeks recovering at SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida ... 24-hour marine mammal stranding ...

Pamlico, a 9-foot female manatee, has been released back into the wild in Florida after being the ... manatee in North Carolina to the 24-hour marine mammal stranding hotline 910-515-7354.

Researchers discovered a lack of archaeological or historical evidence that this species lived in this area early on.

Prolonged exposure to cold water can cause manatees to lose body heat, leading to a potentially fatal condition known as "cold stress." ...

FWS’s Florida Manatee Recovery Lead Terri Calleson ... UNC-Wilmington Marine Mammal Stranding Program, N.C. State University’s Center for Marine Sciences and Technology and its College of ...

The first manatee rescued in North ... them to venture farther away from Florida,” said assistant coordinator Alison Loftis from the UNC-Wilmington Marine Mammal Stranding Program.

FWS’s Florida Manatee Recovery Lead Terri Calleson ... UNC-Wilmington Marine Mammal Stranding Program, N.C. State University’s Center for Marine Sciences and Technology and its College of ...

of which the Florida manatee is a subspecies, was reclassified from endangered to threatened by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2017. The Marine Mammal Commission lists the current ...

"This was an impressive team effort with organizations from North Carolina to Florida coming together to successfully rescue, transport, rehabilitate and release this manatee," FWS's Florida ...

Manatees are slow-moving, seagrass-eating marine mammals ... as long as 20 minutes when resting. Florida is at the northern end of the West Indian manatee's winter range and these warm-water ...