Watch out for massive piles of manatees at local beaches this summer as mating season for the sea cow has arrived. These gentle herbivores get lost in love during the summer months, and they're ...

Increasingly prolonged and intense droughts in the Amazon pose a deadly threat to the native Amazonian manatee, lowering river levels that expose these giant aquatic mammals to poachers.

Nearly impossible to spot in their murky habitat, the underwater "ghosts" are coming into view thanks to sonar technology. Manatee biologist Daniel Gonzalez-Socoloske extends a hand to an Amazonian ...