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

(THE CONVERSATION) The gentle, slow-moving Florida manatee has no natural predators. And yet, these charismatic mammals face numerous threats. Manatees are struck by vessels in busy waterways ...

Manatees are gentle, peaceful animals that have no natural predators and are mostly herbivorous. Although they’re fully aquatic, their closest relatives are elephants!

Though the manatee has no natural predators, these slow creatures were on the endangered species list for years due to human activity like hunting and boating. However, these intelligent mammals ...

On Lake Ossa, the animal's sole predators are human -- only a few years ago, manatees were still being served up in the village restaurant. Manatee hunting is now outlawed and the dish has ...