New Study Reveals Now-Bone Dry Egyptian Desert Was Home to Ancient Relatives of Manatees 40 Million Years Ago Experts suggest ...

Douglas encountered this dugong in a sheltered, shallow bay on the Egyptian coast. It was eating seagrass, its principal food, moving itself along on its flippers rather than its whale-like tail, ...

Rescuers found five survivors and four bodies on Tuesday from the wreck of a boat carrying tourists that sank amid high waves ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...