Now an endangered species, Antillean manatees face numerous threats: habitat loss, hunting, collisions with boats, entangling fishing gear, pollution, and natural disasters. But the commitment to ...

The first genetic study to compare nuclear DNA of endangered Antillean manatees in Belize with Florida manatees confirmed their designation as separate subspecies. Belize's manatees, however ...

However, the proposed rule would reclassify Antillean manatees found in Puerto Rico from "threatened" to "endangered" due to declining population trends and isolated populations. READ: Florida DOH ...

The research, published in the journal Endangered Species Research, documented increasing mortality of the Antillean manatee in the waters of Belize—a small nation on the eastern coast of ...