Students from Crystal River Primary School brought their classroom to Hunter Springs Park to learn how to plant eelgrass.

Chameleons (Chamaeleonidae) are a source of wonder due to their remarkable ability to blend into the environment around them.

Chimpanzees have a culture around food, just like humans do. The fuel that sustains a chimpanzee goes far beyond fruit; it is also rooted in their sense of community. The combination of tool making, ...

A federal judge ordered a series of steps aimed at protecting manatees in the northern Indian River Lagoon, including ...

Judge orders a stop on septic tanks near North Indian River Lagoon until Florida comes up with better plans on how to save ...

Barile said manatees need to eat nearly 100 pounds of vegetation a day, and with the sea grass gone, they have little choice but to eat the toxic algae that killed it, causing their normally round ...

Manatees, nicknamed "sea cows," can eat up to 150 pounds of vegetation per day. (Story updated to add information that giving water to manatees is illegal.) The snowbirds are heading north again ...

It really annoys them,” says Gibbs. When manatees are in the spring run conserving their energy, there is nothing around for them to eat. As the catfish graze the algae growing on the manatees ...

“Pollution is killing a lot of the sea grass that the manatees eat,” said Pluckhahn. “Plus, as we wean ourselves off fossil fuels and shut down power plants, we are taking away a refuge from ...

"Pollution is killing a lot of the sea grass that the manatees eat. Plus, as we wean ourselves off fossil fuels and shut down power plants, we are taking away a refuge from them." ...

"Pollution is killing a lot of the sea grass that the manatees eat. Plus, as we wean ourselves off fossil fuels and shut down power plants, we are taking away a refuge from them." More information ...