the dugong is listed by the Environment Ministry in the “Endangered Class IA” category, meaning the species has a high likelihood of going extinct in the wild in the very near future.

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 ...

“Anyone can spearfish, but approaching dugongs is what’s challenging,” Munsa said at his home in the Bintan Archipelago, a clutch of islands around 50 kilometers (31 miles) east of Singapor ...

A baby dugong that has developed an attachment to humans after being separated from her mother and getting lost off southern Thailand is being nurtured by marine experts in hopes that it can one day ...

Once mistaken for mermaids, dugongs – also known as sea cows – are gentle marine giants. However, while some populations are surviving worldwide, a critically endangered sub-population of ...

View on YouTube Allow content from YouTube Perhaps best known for inspiring mermaid folklore in the Pacific, the ‘rotund,’ graceful dugongs—close relatives of manatees and sea cows—are stars of ...