Ever since his first hard-won sightings of African manatees, award-winning marine biologist Aristide Takoukam Kamla has been devoted to protecting the little known and at risk aquatic mammals. African ...

Spanning around 10 feet in length and weighing 1,000 pounds on average, manatees are the gentle giants of water. In some cases, the "sea cow" can grow up to 13 feet long and weigh 3,500 pounds, ...

WWF-West African Marine Ecoregion Programme today signed a new intergovernmental agreement to conserve the West African Manatee and Small Whales in Western Africa and Macaronesia. The conservation ...

Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay’s founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. Few creatures better embody the notion of peaceful coexistence ...

A "rare sighting" of a manatee in a Rhode Island saltwater pond marked the first sighting of the sea creature since 2016, environmental officials said. The Rhode Island Department of Environmental ...

Ever since his first hard-won sightings of African manatees, award-winning marine biologist Aristide Takoukam Kamla has been devoted to protecting the little known and at risk aquatic mammals. The ...