Ever since his first hard-won sightings of African manatees, award-winning marine biologist Aristide Takoukam Kamla has been ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is expected Tuesday to publish a proposed rule that details its reasons for keeping the ...

Thanks to local fishermen, Kamla has now learnt how to spot African manatees more easily within the darkened depths of the ...

This is mostly due to the variety of threats to them, including boat collisions, hunting, habitat destruction, and toxic red tides. The West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus) and West African ...

All three manatee species are listed as vulnerable to extinction due to a variety of threats including boat collisions, hunting and habitat destruction. "The first time I got into the water with ...

A newly published study reshapes our understanding of native sea cows and highlights how inaccurate historical data is often ...

The manatees probably began migrating from the ... And the Spanish and the French were curious about Native American hunting and fishing. A lot of those Europeans were actually starving.

Manatee hunting is now outlawed and the dish has vanished from menus. A blue statue of a manatee has even been erected in their honor. But threats remain. Takoukam Kamla, standing on the shores of ...

The animal’s predators are humans – a few years ago, manatees were still being served in the village restaurant. Read more at ...