Fishermen in Thanjavur district successfully rescued an eight-foot-long dugong, a protected marine species, after it was ...

The crocodile-like creature attacked first, according to the study, with deep tooth impacts in the sea cow’s snout, ...

A nearly eight-feet-long Dugong, a marine mammal commonly known as “sea cow”, which got entangled in a fisherman’s net near ...

Thaaragai Aarathana from Karapakkam, whose weekly calendar is marked by three days set aside to dive in and dredge up plastic ...

With the Sea Cow gone, the scientists used dugongs as an analogous species, because of their close relation to sea cows. Because the Sea Cow consumed large quantities of kelp fronds from the ...

Discover how local fishermen in Thanjavur rescued a giant dugong entangled in a fishing net, highlighting efforts to protect ...

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 ...

A "sea cow" that evoked tales of mermaids is being driven to the edge of extinction, conservation experts warn. According to an update of the official extinction list, the dugong is almost wiped ...

There are only 95,000 to 100,000 dugongs left in the world. Australia has 85,000, the Arabian Gulf and Red Sea bordering countries have approximately 7,300, while the remainder are located in the ...

The dugong is one of four living species of the ... Its closest modern relative, Steller’s sea cow, which lived in the northern Pacific Ocean, was hunted to extinction in the 18th century ...