MYAKKA CITY, Fla. — Proposed development in East Manatee County could lead to changes at the Myakka Elephant Ranch in Myakka City. Julia Braren said every piece of land is precious in Myakka City.

They also have similar eating techniques, with the manatee's flexible lips working similarly to an elephant's trunk. Without blubber to insulate them and a low metabolic rate, manatees are ...

The West Indian manatee lives in the United States. But on land, the manatee’s closest living relative is the elephant. Manatees have three or four tiny nails at the end of each flipper ...

Its closest land relative is the elephant and the hyrax, a small, gopher-sized mammal. The species, meanwhile, is said to be related to the West African manatee, the Amazonian manatee, the dugong ...

Manatees are known as the cows of the sea. These gentle giants have captured our imagination for centuries. They're the animals Christopher Columbus likely saw when he reported seeing mermaids ...

The Manatee River habitat will mirror the state ... a new education campus with an expanded lion habitat, a redesigned elephant habitat, and the introduction of orangutans.

Frontlines | What Does the Manatee Say to the Aardvark ... Molecular sequence analyses group it with tenrecs, hyraxes, elephant shrews, manatees, elephants, and golden moles as "Afrotheria," the ...