Manatees will spend the next several months swimming to and from warm water retreats as their tropical nature requires temps ...

The latter left one of its teeth impaled in the sea cow’s body. By analyzing the fossil, unearthed in Venezuela, researchers ...

The bones of an unlucky ancient sea cow has revealed more about the food chain during the Miocene epoch, around 23 million to 11.6 million years ago. Skeleton analysis indicates the creature was ...

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Using mathematical models, researchers have been able to identify how an extinct mammal - the Stellar’s Sea Cow - likely impacted kelp forests prior to overhunting by European colonizers.

MOSCOW, November 17. /TASS/. A whole skeleton of a Steller’s sea cow, an extinct sirenian, which died out in the 18th century, was found at the Komandorsky Nature Reserve in Kamchatka ...

Famed for their gentle, slow-moving nature, sea cows (manatees and dugongs) are aquatic mammals closely related to the elephant. Now, their bone chemistry can be revealed for the very first time, ...

With November being Manatee Awareness Month, officials are using this announcement to highlight the ongoing need to help sick, injured and orphaned sea cows. “We have already released 12 ...

November marks the 45th year for Manatee Awareness Month, a special time to recognize and honor Florida’s sea cows that was designated by former Florida Gov. Bob Graham in 1979. This month also ...

November marks the 45th year for Manatee Awareness Month as well as the official start of manatee season, which runs from Nov ...