Local residents suspect that illegal poaching activity could be behind the animal's death. ...

Only three people surveyed from coastal communities in China reported seeing the dugong in the past five years. Known as the ocean's most gentle giant, the dugong's slow, relaxed behaviour is ...

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 tracking project saw seven male and five female dugongs fitted with specialised tracking tags. The technology will provide detailed information on their range, migration patterns, and crucial ...

The province will set up a Line group called "Love Phuket Dugongs". Anyone can join and provide updated information whenever ...

Fishermen in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, rescued and released a dugong caught in their nets, highlighting growing local efforts in ...

Dugongs living around Japan’s southwestern islands are on the brink of extinction, according to an international group’s report that has fueled criticism over the construction of a U.S ...

HONG KONG: The dugong, a gentle marine mammal that has frequented China’s southern waters for hundreds of years, has become functionally extinct in the country, a new study said. Research by the ...

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 ...

“The endangered dugong species is currently facing a number of threats due to habitat loss and human-related activities such as increased marine activity, being caught in discarded fishing ...

Fishermen in Thanjavur district successfully rescued an eight-foot-long dugong, a protected marine species, after it was accidentally caught in their fishing net. The fishermen, trained by the ...