Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FRONTENAC — Scott Calleson took cover behind a camouflage tarp, then tossed a head of Romaine lettuce to a crowd of restless ...

For the past two winters, Florida wildlife biologists have experimented hand-feeding lettuce to hungry manatees in the Indian River Lagoon as the animals' natural food source, seagrass, was in short ...

Cool temperatures brought dozens of manatees to the Florida Power and Light Manatee Lagoon in Riviera Beach, Fla. Wednesday, Jan 19, 2022. Last year was devastating for the gentle creatures, with a ...

BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — Manatees in Florida that are at risk of starvation are eating lettuce in a pilot program. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission announced the manatees began ...

Manatees at risk of starvation because native seagrass is dying due to water pollution have for the first time started eating lettuce under an experimental feeding program, Florida wildlife officials ...