Audio: Researchers concerned with alarming uptick in manatee deaths

Updated: Apr 29, 2021 / 10:35 PM CDT

Manatees are dying across Florida at an alarming rate. In the first three months of the year, nearly 700 manatees have died in Florida waters compared to less than 250 total deaths in all of 2020, according to a Florida conservation commission.

ORLANDO (NewsNation Now) — Manatees are dying across Florida at an alarming rate. In the first three months of the year, nearly 700 manatees have died in Florida waters compared to less than 250 total deaths in all of 2020, according to a Florida conservation commission.

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