A wild live dugong was found in Taiwan for the first time in 88 years, after it was accidentally caught by a fisher’s net on ...

The animals grow up to 9 feet long, weigh up to 1,000 pounds and can live as long as 70 years. The Okinawa dugong, a genetically isolated population ... Situated 400 miles off the coast of China, the ...

ARNAUD LECHAPELAYS/SOLENT NEWS Editor's note: In this weekly feature China Daily gives voice to ... in the case of the dugong, large herbivores. Louisa Ponnampalam, the co-founder of Malaysian ...

A local fisher, surnamed Chen (陳), caught the dugong in his net just 800 m from shore. Though he did not recognize the species, Chen understood its significance and released the animal after taking ...

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 ...