The adult carcass of a rare dugong washed ashore on Penang Island under the marina of a seaside condominium block in Gelugor here.

Sadly, its habitat close to shore in China left it vulnerable to hunters in the 20th Century who sought the animal for its skin, bones and meat. After a notable decline in population, dugongs were ...

Residents of the Baan Bang Rong village came across the body of a marine mammal—a dugong, also known as a "sea siren." The animal was missing its head. Local residents suspect that illegal ...

Manatees are a species closely related to dugongs, but manatee DNA copies cannot be made using this technique. That makes it unlikely that the DNA sequences of other animals can be mistaken with ...

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 ...

Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Chalermchai Sri-on is scheduled to visit Trang on Saturday to assess the dugong ...

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 video shared by Sahu captured the fishermen’s tireless efforts to free the dugong from their nets. After considerable perseverance, they managed to release the animal back into the water ...

“The endangered dugong species is currently facing a number ... This index indicates how such animals face a high risk of extinction in the wild. During the programme, Ali meets with experts ...

THANJAVUR: A dugong, an endangered marine mammal, caught in a seine net in the early hours of Sunday near Adirampattinam was rescued and released back into the sea by fishermen. According to ...

According to a classification made by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the dugongs are currently listed as one of the internationally endangered animals. This program comes in ...