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 ...

Kasetsart University's marine ecologist Thon Thamrongnawasawat has called for Thai people to preserve dugongs, saying that ...

在海草遍布的热带浅海及沙泥底质的浅海滩涂，住着这样一群精灵。它们体型中等而呈纺锤状，性格温顺又胆小。它们行动缓慢，喜欢成群活动。它们是唯一严格意义上的食草性海洋哺乳动物。它们的妈妈喜欢怀抱幼崽于水面哺乳，常被误认为“美人鱼”，是中国传说中美人鱼的原型 ...

KOTA KINABALU, Dec 17 — A rare sighting of a dugong in the diver’s haven of Mabul Island yesterday has gotten local conservationists excited. Reef Check programme manager Adzmin Fatta said a ...

An orphaned dugong named Marium, who became an internet star after being rescued in Thailand in April, has died. Vets caring for the dugong off the island of Koh Libong, in south Thailand’s ...

“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 ...

DESCRIPTION: The dugong is a marine mammal related to the manatee. It averages nine feet in length and weighs 550 to 1,000 pounds. The Okinawa dugong is slate gray to gray bronze in color and its tail ...

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 ...