What can be termed as a rare sighting, the team of researchers from the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) have spotted a ...

Jake Mason, of Shark Bay Eco Tours, said he's been lucky enough to spot the "cows of the sea" in their natural a habitat a ...

Kasetsart University's marine ecologist Thon Thamrongnawasawat has called for Thai people to preserve dugongs, saying that the population of the mammals has been dropping every year due to a decline ...

DESCRIPTION: The dugong is a marine mammal related to the manatee. It averages nine feet in length and weighs 550 to 1,000 pounds. The Okinawa dugong is slate gray to gray bronze in color and its tail ...

The disappearance of dugongs would not only be a loss for Thailand’s waters; it would be a loss for the entire world. However, there is still time to change their fate and protect these gentle giants, ...

The dugong, an endangered marine animal species designated as a natural monument by the government of Japan, almost certainly inhabit broad areas of the Ryukyu Island chain in Okinawa Prefecture ...

Douglas encountered this dugong in a sheltered, shallow bay on the Egyptian coast. It was eating seagrass, its principal food, moving itself along on its flippers rather than its whale-like tail, ...

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PHUKET: The Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) this week convened a special meeting at Tha La Beach in Pa ...