Manatees are a bit like the Sunshine State's transplants: they recently moved there, attracted by the warm weather and human ...
Florida, Tampa, Lowry Park Zoo, Visitors At Manatee Tank. But why weren’t manatees commonly found around Florida? According ...
Recent research suggests that manatees might not be native to Florida, potentially having settled there only after European ...
Manatees are iconic and beloved Florida creatures. But they might be relatively new residents of the Sunshine State. Research ...
Manatees are a well-known staple of Florida waters, where they’ve been seen cavorting with dolphin pods, forming chaotic ...
FOX 13’s Lloyd Sowers spoke with Tom Pluckhahn, USF professor of anthropology, about the surprisingly recent history of ...
New research suggests that while manatees are an indelible part of Florida's seascape, they might also be relatively new ...
“We have already released 12 manatees back to Florida waters and have an additional 13 releases scheduled this winter," ...
Over the course of his career, study co-author and University of South Florida anthropologist Thomas Pluckhahn realized that ...
New research suggests that while manatees are an indelible part of Florida’s seascape, they might also be relatively new ...
Historic accounts reveal manatee populations increased in the 1800s and 1900s alongside human populations. A new study ...
Despite their modern reputation as a rare species, these results suggest that Florida manatees are more abundant today than ...