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 ...

Only three people had seen one in the past five years. This has led the researchers to declare the dugong functionally extinct - meaning "it is no longer viable... to sustain itself", Heidi Ma ...

Dugongs living around Japan’s southwestern islands are on the brink of extinction, according to an international group’s report that has fueled criticism over the construction of a U.S ...

According to an update of the official extinction list, the dugong is almost wiped out in some parts of the world. Scientists have also sounded alarm over the loss of other marine creatures ...

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 ...

THANJAVUR: A dugong, an endangered marine mammal, caught in a seine net in the early hours of Sunday near Adirampattinam was ...

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

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), citing its inadequate budget, is seeking the public’s help in ...

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 ...

“The endangered dugong species is currently facing a number of threats due to habitat loss and human-related activities such as increased marine activity, being caught in discarded fishing ...

Trichy: An eight-foot-long dugong, also known as a sea cow, was rescued and safely released into the sea by fishermen in Thanjavur cost on Sunday. The dugong, a protected species under Schedule 1 ...