MIAMI (AP) — In a journey familiar to retirees but not sea mammals, Ilya the wayward manatee flew south for the winter today after being rescued from a chilly New Jersey creek. ...more

October 29, 2009

The fate of a Florida manatee that has wandered into northern New Jersey waters remained unclear tonight. ...more

October 17, 2009

A rescue attempt is planned for a Florida manatee that has wandered into New Jersey waters. ...more

October 16, 2009

But he and his wife drove to the marina at the behest of curious onlookers. In the water lounged an emaciated Florida manatee, a third of its tail missing from a long-ago boat accident. ...more

March 29, 2009

A Florida Panhandle fishing boat captain has admitted to making pipe bombs and throwing them at dolphins to scare them away from his lines. ...more

January 15, 2009

Doctors at the Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium in southwest Florida are trying to save the life of a 3-year-old Atlantic bottlenose dolphin found stranded Dec. 16 on Siesta Key. ...more

December 26, 2008

A young dolphin stranded on Siesta Key this morning has been taken to the Mote Marine Laboratory for testing. ...more

December 16, 2008

Pete, the pygmy killer whale brought to Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium for rehabilitation this year, died Sunday. ...more

November 24, 2008

He lives on Manatee Harbor Drive, with his house number emblazoned on a manatee-shaped plaque. ...more

July 5, 2008

KEY LARGO - A team of U.S. Navy audiologists conducted a hearing test Saturday on a rare beaked whale convalescing at a marine mammal rehabilitation center in the Florida Keys. ...more

June 22, 2008