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View our most recent newsletter stories, published quarterly in The Manatee Zone and bi-monthly in Paddle Tales.

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Sightings Update: Manatee Season Has Started at Blue Spring!

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Your Giving ‘TEESday Support Moves Us One Step Closer to Our Goal

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Appreciating Manatees and Our Amazing Volunteers

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Fond Farewell, New Beginning For SMC 5K

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Webcams Show Manatees In Their Element

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Piper’s Recovery Continues

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Columbus Zoo’s New Behind-The-Scenes Tour

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Blue Spring: A Popular Summer Stop For Manatees

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A Quiet Quarter For Our Coastal Adoptees

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The Manatee Zone Quarterly Newsletter

The Manatee Zone is released once every three months and is available in print format to donors and adoptive parents and electronically to everyone. It features the latest news from the manatee world and Save the Manatee Club.

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Paddle Tales is a digital newsletter released every other month and features facts, activities, and educational content.

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On December 6, 2020, Faye and her new calf made their first winter appearance at Blue Spring State Park.

A Happy Ending For Faye

After a successful rehabilitation, manatee “Faye” not only showed us how resilient manatees can be, she delivered a manatee calf to boot.

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Manatee Sightings Update: February 2021

Check out updates and photos from the season, and read more about who has been seen so far this winter!

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Manatee Season Is Here!

Cooler weather has arrived in Florida, and manatees have started to visit warm-water sites around the state.

Electra, one of the manatees in SMC’s Adopt-A-Manatee® program, passed away on August 4, 2020.

Remembering Electra

Rescued for boat strike and entanglement injuries, Electra lived her life as an ambassador for manatees everywhere.

Una shortly before her release on September 2nd. She was treated for monofilament entanglement. Unfortunately, her flipper was severely infected and part of it had to be amputated.

Una and Maguna Go Back Home!

On September 2, 2020, adoptee Una and her now-grown calf were released back into the wild by the Manatee Rescue and Rehabilitation Partnership.

Phyllis gave birth to a little calf at Blue Spring State Park on Thursday, August 13th. The mom and calf pair are pictured above.

Phyllis Gives Birth to a New Calf!

We believe this is Phyllis’ 16th calf in about 29 years; her first known calves were twins in 1991, which is a rare occurrence.