Fossils of Ice Age manatees found in Texas suggest it may have once inhabited colder waters
Manatees usually call the warm coastal waters of Mexico, Belize, Florida and the Caribbean home. But new fossil evidence puts these gentle, slow-moving sea cows in Texas during the most recent ice age. The discovery has researchers wondering if an ancient population of manatees once called the Lone Star State home between 11,000 and 240,000 … Read more