We have had some success because the dugongs have come to eat supplementary food, such as morning glory or Chinese kale. “However, there is still a problem with other animals competing for the ...

Research by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences said fishing, ship strikes and human-caused habitat loss have seen the number of dugongs decrease rapidly ...

The plots contain different types of vegetables: morning glory, Chinese cabbage, kale, and bok choy. This diverse selection aims to determine which type of plant the dugongs prefer. Following the ...

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 ...

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

This video shared by IAS officer Supriya Sahu captures the inspiring rescue of a dugong accidentally caught in fishing nets by local fishermen in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. With guidance from the Tamil ...

Fishermen in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, rescued and released a dugong caught in their nets, highlighting growing local efforts in marine conservation. In the Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu ...

TRICHY: An eight feet long dugong, also called sea cow, a protected marine animal under the schedule 1 of Wild Life ...

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 ...

Thailand’s beloved dugongs are in dire straits, prompting an urgent meeting by the National Policy and Planning Committee on Marine and Coastal Resources Management. Led by Deputy Prime Minister ...

The Forest Department has invited bids for the construction of the International Dugong Conservation Centre (IDCC) at Manora, a popular picnic spot and a coastal town in Thanjavur district.

Faculty of Humanities, Department for Culture Studies and Oriental Languages, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway In 2021, scientists published a preprint stating that the dugong population of Okinawa ...