Federal officials propose keeping Florida manatees listed as 'threatened' and boost a subspecies of sea cows in the Caribbean to "endangered" status.

Federal wildlife officials releasing a proposal that would continue to classify Florida manatees as a threatened species, after environmentalists argued they should be reclassified as endangered. For decades,

Nearly 2,000 Florida manatees died in 2021 and 2022. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said the sea cows’ plight does not fit the definition of endangered.