Snooty, the oldest manatee in captivity and the most popular manatee in the Tampa Bay Area passed away Sunday morning after just turning 69 years old on Friday. The Museum says Snooty's death was a ...

BRADENTON, Fla. (WFLA/AP) — Snooty, the world’s oldest known manatee, has died just one day after celebrating his 69th birthday. The South Florida Museum made the devastating announcement Sunday ...

It's been a hard goodbye to a beloved manatee. Snooty, the world's oldest manatee in captivity — and, likely, in the wild as well — died in what's been called a "heartbreaking accident," just two days ...

A protest will be held on Saturday calling for the ouster of the CEO and staff at the Florida museum where Snooty, the oldest manatee in captivity, recently drowned. The 69-year-old manatee died last ...

Snooty drowned, South Florida Museum officials said Monday -- a horrifying conclusion, based on a necropsy, to a series of discoveries that started a day earlier before someone at the museum called ...

MIAMI -- Snooty, the longest living manatee in captivity, died Sunday, a day after a huge party to celebrate his 69th birthday, according to the South Florida Museum. "Snooty was found in an ...

The death of Snooty, a beloved 69-year-old manatee at the South Florida Museum, has been deemed “a preventable accident” and the result of employees failing to communicate. On July 21, a day after his ...

A week before Snooty drowned, South Florida Museum employees were aware of a problem with an underwater panel in his tank leading to a maintenance area where the iconic manatee would eventually enter ...

Snooty, the oldest manatee in captivity who is popular among visitors to the South Florida Museum in Bradenton died on Sunday morning after just turning 69 years old on Friday. The Museum says ...