Manatees are typically not seen in smaller tributaries along the East Coast, but, earlier this week, one of the aquatic mammals was spotted in the Chesapeake Bay. The sighting was made in St. George Creek near Waldorf, Maryland. According to officials from the National Aquarium, although seeing the manatee in the Maryland waters of the Chesapeake Bay may seem […]
The year 2013 has been a very bad one for the manatees. There were over 800 deaths of the animal around the waters of Florida, where the manatee mainly resides. That number is the highest since records began being kept on them back in 1974. These deaths were over double the 390 manatee deaths reported […]