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 ...

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, some of them exchange wide smiles.

If all goes as planned, Bacuri will be the first released in the Caxiuana area. Two other calves rescued in poor health died in captivity, a sadly common outcome. While subsistence hunting isn't a ...

Deep in Brazil’s Caxiuanã National Forest, a young Amazonian manatee named Bacuri is becoming a symbol of both ecological fragility and hope. Rescued as an orphaned calf weighing just 10 ...