“A rare sighting of (a) dugong, gentle giants of the seagrass ecosystem, pins hopes of population recovery in the Andaman Islands,” researchers said in the post that accompanied a vide ...

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 ...

OTSU, Shiga Prefecture--Researchers have developed a new way to locate habitats of the elusive dugong, an endangered type of sea cow, by analyzing DNA left behind in the water from its skin and ...