Save the Manatee Club (“SMC”) strongly opposes the misleadingly-titled “Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act of ...

While we understand that certain supporters of the Permitting Bill believe that it will help to address anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions by facilitating “green” energy infrastructure, the fact ...

The Lesley Argiri and Brian McDonald 5K Scholarship Fund is established to support and encourage outstanding individuals pursuing a graduate degree in Marine or Aquatic Biology. This scholarship aims ...

Recent news articles and broadcasts have claimed that manatees are not native to Florida or only arrived on Florida’s west coast in the 1950s. These claims, based on limited anthropological records, ...

In 1979, the late former Florida Governor and co-founder of Save the Manatee Club, Bob Graham, first declared November as Manatee Awareness Month, at a time when the state first began establishing ...

The Indian River Lagoon (IRL) is one of Florida’s most important estuaries and an essential home to thousands of Florida’s imperiled manatees. As the direct result of human derelictions over many ...

Many manatees like Zelda are identified by permanent watercraft scars on their bodies and tails. Meet our latest adoptee! In June 2022, Zelda joined Save the Manatee Club’s (SMC) Adopt-A-Manatee ...

Don’t let their size fool you—despite the manatee’s unofficial title as the ‘chubby mermaids of the sea,’ manatees don’t have nearly as much fat as other aquatic mammals do. While other aquatic ...

Florida manatees are large, slow-moving aquatic mammals endemic to Florida. Despite their large size, manatees only have a thin, incomplete layer of body fat rather than thick layers of blubber. Being ...

Boat strikes are the leading human-caused source of mortality for manatees in the state of Florida, with 17% of all manatee deaths attributed to vessel strikes in 2024. Manatees are especially ...

ORLANDO, FL—The Manatee Rescue and Rehabilitation Partnership (MRP) today announced it has successfully released an unprecedented twelve manatees back to their natural habitat in a single day. The ...

Policy engagement is an important way that Save the Manatee Club (SMC) protects manatees and their habitat. This work includes advocating for the passage of manatee-positive laws, opposing harmful ...