"I would say it was the manatee that found me to study it," said Nkollo, based at the Université Omar Bongo in the west African country. The West African manatee, is a usually shy, nocturnal ...

All three species of manatee—Amazonian manatee, the West Indian manatee and the West African manatee—are listed as "vulnerable" by the IUCN. Florida is home to a subspecies of the West Indian ...

All three species of manatee – the Amazonian manatee, West Indian manatee, and West African manatee – are considered vulnerable by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. This is mostly due ...

The African manatee use their whisker-like hairs (vibrissae) to detect objects and help expertly navigate waterways. Image courtesy of Lucy Keith-Diagne. West African manatees roam rivers more ...

The species, meanwhile, is said to be related to the West African manatee, the Amazonian manatee, the dugong, and to the Steller’s sea cow, which was hunted to extinction in 1768. The West ...

Their decline signals broader environmental distress. The International Union for Conservation of Nature classifies the West African manatee as vulnerable and the Amazonian manatee as endangered.

The North American east coast, including Florida, is home to West Indian manatee. The Amazonian manatee can be found in the Amazon River, while the African manatee lives along the west coast and ...

Though his research has been pivotal for understanding and protecting manatee populations across west Africa and the globe, Bolaji’s work goes far beyond the scientific. “We’ve gone to ...