The book falls into three parts, each connected to a different century and events related to what became known as Steller’s ...

Gigantic and extinct, Steller’s sea cows would have played an important role in shaping their environment. Universal History Archive / Getty Images This article is from Hakai Magazine, an online ...

Florida Tech students are developing a robotic manatee, called "Mechanatee," to study real manatees without disturbing them. The robot will mimic the movements and communication of manatees to gather ...

Sea cows gather in recent record numbers at Manatee Lagoon. Warm water attracts record number of manatees in Riviera Beach, ...

ORLANDO, Fla. – From boat strikes to seagrass loss, Florida manatees are facing existential threats this decade, however, conditions for the gentle sea cow are likely more favorable today than they’ve ...

It's often called a manatee migration, but Florida's cows aren't leaving state waters in search of some secluded island in the warm waters of the Caribbean. Instead, they're headed upstream and into ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ORLANDO, Fla. — It’s one thing to visit an aquarium and gaze in awe at a 1,000-pound manatee swimming just behind the glass. It’s ...

As gentle giants who both graze in the tranquil coastal shade of seagrass meadows, manatees and dugongs share the cheeky nickname: “sea cows.” Dugongs and manatees, who are close relatives, both share ...

Smithsonian researchers and collaborators at Qatar museums describe a sea cow bonebed in Qatar that is among the richest deposits of marine mammal fossils in the world Salwasiren was a miniature ...

It’s one thing to visit an aquarium and gaze in awe at a 1,000-pound manatee swimming just behind the glass. It’s another thing to share the same water with Florida’s sea cows, encountering them in an ...