Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay’s founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. Few creatures better embody the notion of peaceful coexistence ...

Two African manatees given a new life in the UAE a year ago are drawing the crowds at The National Aquarium Abu Dhabi. Nyokoti and Sengou were relocated from South Korea by the aquarium and it led to ...