• Manatees take refuge in the warmer waters of Blue Spring State Park. Red Huber / MCT

  • Scientists estimate that six in every 10 manatees now winter near power plants that line Florida's waterways. Red Huber / MCT

  • A white pelican takes off from the shallows of snake bight in Florida Bay in Everglades National Park. Joe Rimkus Jr. / MIAMI HERALD Staff

  • A flock of white pelicans stand on Duck Rock on the west coast in Everglades National Park Joe Rimkus Jr. / MIAMI HERALD Staff

  • Feathers fly as a Sandhill crane preens itself in Key Biscayne. WILFREDO LEE / AP

  • A right whale jumps out of the waters of the Atlantic. Anonymous / Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary

  • A Right Whale with a calf swims off the coast of Florida. National Oceanic Atmospheric Association