Rescuers transported the young manatee by aircraft to receive urgent care, highlighting the coordinated effort to protect the vulnerable animal.

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Anavilhanas Jungle Lodge’s boat on the Rio Negro. I grew up swimming in rivers and creeks in rural Pennsylvania, and now seek them out wherever I travel. I’ve jumped into rivers of all kinds, from the ...

I grew up swimming in rivers and creeks in rural Pennsylvania, and now seek them out wherever I travel. I’ve jumped into rivers of all kinds, from the Maipo in the Andes to the Vltava outside of ...

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The manatees of the Amazon region have the familiar nostrils and sad eyes of their Florida relatives but they are smaller — and they’re endangered. Ongoing hunting and the growing effects of climate ...

Despite their endangered status, Amazonian manatees are still hunted and their meat illegally sold. Environmentalists hope that by engaging local communities, manatees will be spared. (AP Video by ...

CAXIUANA NATIONAL FOREST, Brazil (AP) — Deep in silence, as if under a spell, children watch intently as Bacuri, a young Amazonian manatee, glides around a small plastic pool. When he surfaces for air ...