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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

The IUCN said the population of the sea mammals in the Nansei ... In the global assessment of the dugong population in past IUCN red lists, the animals were listed as “Vulnerable,” meaning ...

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

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

A "sea cow" that evoked tales of mermaids is being driven to the edge of extinction, conservation experts warn. According to an update of the official extinction list, the dugong is almost wiped ...

A function to felicitate fishermen of Keelathottam in neighbouring Thanjavur district for rescuing a Dugong, also known as sea cow, which got entangled in a fishing net and releasing it safely ...

The list also states that protecting these migratory animals, will benefit the ... And within the marine environment there are sea turtles and dugongs. Bo Alsaaev natural marine preservation ...

ISKANDAR PUTERI: The Fisheries Department is replanting seagrass to conserve the plant in Pulau Tinggi and Pulau Sibu, Mersing, which are dugong grazing areas and habitats. Fisheries Department ...