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

The dugong is a unique character of the sea. Weighing in at almost half a tonne, it is the only vegetarian marine mammal. Similar in appearance and behaviour to the manatee, but distinguished by ...

However, global populations of dugongs have declined, owing to demand for the animal’s meat, oil and ivory. In an average week, Munsa would sneak up on a dozen of the herbivorous mammals ...

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 ...

SIHANOUKVILLE, Cambodia — Cambodia has a marine mammal problem. Dolphins, dugongs and other species are caught and killed in ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – The U.S. Department of Defense must reassess the impacts of a controversial new military base on Okinawa in order to protect the endangered Okinawa dugong, a manatee-like marine ...

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, regarded as the inspiration for ancient seafaring tales of mermaids, is a mammal species that feeds mostly on seagrass. The waters around Japan’s southwestern Nansei Islands ...

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 ...

the importance of its existence to the future sustainability of the UAE’s biodiversity and how Bu Tinah has increasingly become a safe haven for this migratory sea mammal. The EAD’s Dugong ...

The Navy seized two carcasses of rare Dugongs (large marine mammal) in Mannar and arrested the fishermen who had them in their possession last week. The suspects were handed over to the police while ...

(X/@supriyasahuias) Dugongs, gentle sea mammals, are classified as 'vulnerable' by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). In a significant stride for marine conservation ...