The dugong is a unique character of the sea. Weighing in at almost half a tonne ... to hunters in the 20th Century who sought the animal for its skin, bones and meat. After a notable decline ...

TRICHY: An eight feet long dugong, also called sea cow, a protected marine animal under the schedule 1 of Wild Life (protection) Act was rescued by fishermen in Thanjavur district on Sunday.

OTSU, Shiga Prefecture--Researchers have developed a new way to locate habitats of the elusive dugong, an endangered type of sea cow ... the DNA sequences of other animals can be mistaken with ...

A shocking discovery was made on one of the beaches in Phuket, a famous Thai island. Residents of the Baan Bang Rong village ...

However, an analysis of animal feces by members of the research team found DNA sequences that are specific to the dugong in waters off Irabujima island, which comes under the jurisdiction of ...

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

GEORGE TOWN: Beach-goers in Batu Ferringhi who were assailed by a foul stench were surprised to find that it came from a decomposing carcass of a 1.5m-long animal believed to be a dugong.

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 ...

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 ...