When Aristide Takoukam was in university, he had never heard of the African Manatee (Trichechus senegalensis) and he didn't know how to swim, but he would go on to become the first person from ...

Gabonese researcher Christy Achtone Nkollo was on a lake in Gabon trying to figure out what to do with her career when she found out that African manatees live there – now she helps study and conserve ...

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 ...

Today we look at two new studies of African wildlife using bioacoustics and take a listen to some of the recordings informing that research. Bioacoustics combines biology and acoustics. In other words ...

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, ...

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 ...

DESCRIPTION: West Indian manatees are large, gray-brown aquatic mammals with bodies that taper to a flat, paddle-shaped tail. They have two flippers with three to four nails on each, and their head ...