Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Priya covers the ocean, climate change, and the future of our planet. Using mathematical models, researchers have been able to ...

Florida's manatees faced near-record deaths for young sea cows in 2025, but also saw seagrass recovery, new legal protections ...

A rare fossil has provided a snapshot of what was an exceptionally unlucky day for a prehistoric sea cow. The now-extinct species of dugong, a manatee-like marine mammal, was swimming in the sea about ...

When a farmer in Venezuela identified some unusual-looking rocks south of the city of Coro, he thought they were just that—strange stones. But when examined by paleontologists, his find revealed ...

November marks the 45th year for Manatee Awareness Month, a special time to recognize and honor Florida’s sea cows that was designated by former Florida Gov. Bob Graham in 1979. This month also marks ...

Sea cows gather in recent record numbers at Manatee Lagoon. Warm water attracts record number of manatees in Riviera Beach, Fla.

Smithsonian researchers and collaborators at Qatar museums describe a sea cow bonebed in Qatar that is among the richest deposits of marine mammal fossils in the world Salwasiren was a miniature ...

India’s fragile dugong population is showing signs of stability, with a new Wildlife Institute of India (WII) study ...

Gigantic and extinct, Steller’s sea cows would have played an important role in shaping their environment. Universal History Archive / Getty Images This article is from Hakai Magazine, an online ...

At some point during the Middle Miocene, some cuddly sea cow was swimming along, minding its own business, when it had an epically bad day, evidence of which got preserved for eons. The poor thing ...