A Pompano Beach manatee was spotted with a bike tire wrapped around its torso. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is asking for the public to help spot the ailing animal.

A group of manatees are pictured in a canal where discharge from a nearby Florida Power & Light plant warms the water in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Dec. 28, 2010.

A dead manatee has washed up on the shoreline in Bucktown, and officials say it's the fourth manatee reported dead in Lake Pontchartrain this year. The carcass is stuck in mud flats and ...