Manatee Migration

An interesting post at BBC News on Brazilian manatees' seasonal migration down the Amazon to deeper water. (News source.)

Manatee Dies in Delaware River

A dead manatee was found floating in the water at Neshaminy State Park. It is being necropsied to determine cause of death. (News source.)

Cape Cod Manatee

A manatee reported off Cape Cod (apparently the same one seen off Rhode Island a while back) is being sought by would-be rescuers. (News source.)

Maryland Manatees

A pair of manatees have been found in a Chesapeake Bay tributary in Baltimore County, Maryland. (News source.)

UK Manatee?

An interesting case here of a potential manatee sighting in Pembrokeshire waters...

Manatee Formation?

Reports of a group of manatees swimming in a v-formation may be based on a fluke, some biologists are saying, as they've never heard of such behavior. They suggest that males may have been trailing a female. (News source.)

Manatees on Alabama Coast

Manatee sightings along the Alabama coastline have been increasing over the last few years, but scientists are uncertain as to why the animals are congregating there. From the news:

"Ingram said the manatees appear to be migrating from Florida, as evidenced by the first reported sighting this year, two weeks ago in the Intracoastal Waterway.
"'They were headed into Alabama. The last reported sighting we had last year was also in the Intracoastal but headed toward Florida,' Ingram said. 'That's really neat. It looks like they are moving from Florida.'
"Over the last several years, Press-Register reporters have observed manatees, sometimes with young, in Fish River, Dog River, Fowl River, Mobile Bay and Grand Bay.
"Members of the public have reported seeing the creatures in some of those same areas, as well as Bayou La Batre, Halls Mill Creek, Rattlesnake Bayou and interior sections of the Mobile-Tensaw Delta, such as McReynolds Lake.
"Scientists believe it's likely that the same animals are returning to the area each year, teaching their young where to find the best grazing areas.
"Manatees were once common in the area but were not seen in the 1970s or 80s. Then, in the mid-1990s, they began turning up again, coinciding with the resurgence of undersea grassbeds that had been lost on both sides of the bay."