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 ...

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In the Lower Basin of the Sanaga River in Cameroon, near Lake Ossa and the Douala-Edea National Parks, manatees swim and float about like round, potato-shaped mermaids. This region is home to the West ...

Conservationists in West Africa are working with local fishermen to protect endangered African manatees, which are an important part of both the environment and local folk lore. The distinctive sound ...

CAMEROON – 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 ...

DIZANGUE - 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 atrisk aquatic ...