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.

Aristide Takoukam Kamla (L), a marine biologist, researcher and conservationist specialising in the African manatee, talks to tourists and other biologists on a boat in Dizangue, on December 10 ...

Much still eludes researchers about the African manatee — how many are in Cameroon, how long do they live, and when and where they migrate. African manatees are found between Mauritania and Angola, ...

Pressure group the Blue Planet Society, which campaigns to preserve ocean life, said it was shocking that a "supposedly protected West African manatee can be abused in such a public way".

A recent USF study caused a stir when it reported that manatees were a nonnative species that arrived relatively recently to ...

African manatees are found in fresh water along ... Only a few years ago, manatees were still being served in the village restaurant. Manatee hunting is now outlawed, and the dish has vanished ...

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 ...