News for the week of May 23, 2011A new online article about my manatee work in Senegal was posted yesterday and they used some of my photos...Read More

Victor continues to grow! Victor, the orphan manatee calf being rehabilitated in southern Gabon has now reached 30kg! This is a good milestone because it has taken a long time for him to steadily gain weight. When he was rescued he weighed 27 kg, but...Read More

Senegal: Manatee hunter gives up killing in favor of conservation!

Very exciting news from Senegal...Read More

Recent network collaborator fieldwork Here are some recent photos of colleagues in Angola and Nigeria using new field sampling equipment during their manatee surveys. I was able to send them this equipment thanks to several generous grants (much appreciated by both myself and the African...Read More

The Manatee ScientistsThe Manatee Scientists book highlighting some of my work in Africa (as well as Amazon and Florida manatee research) has just been released! I'm pretty excited after working with author Peter Lourie for the past 2 years. It's already listed on Amazon where...Read More

Victor photos New photos of the orphan manatee calf in Gabon, courtesy of Jonathan, the Masters student from Puerto Rico who is there working with him until April. Victor's skin lesions are healing well...Read More

Update on Victor, the orphan manatee calf in GabonA manatee Masters student from Puerto Rico, Jonathan, has traveled to Gabon to work with the manatee for several months and it's going really well so far! After losing some weight the calf is now putting the...Read More

Happy 2011!!The silence on the blog is due to my travel back to the USA in the end of December. I recently moved my USA base to Gainesville, Florida where I'm working on my PhD focusing on West African manatees at the University of Florida....Read More

Senegal Manatee Rescue Video Click here: Navel Rescue video This video is from the rescues we did in January 2009 at Navel in eastern Senegal but the video was only posted online a few months ago. Better late than never! There were many agencies involved,...Read More

Mali wrap-up (for now)