A dead dugong was discovered in Don Marcelino, Davao Occidental, prompting an investigation into its cause of death and ...

The Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) announced that almost 40% of dugongs found stranded last year were underweight due to a lack of seagrass, their primary food source.DMCR and World ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – The U.S. Department of Defense must reassess the impacts of a controversial new military base on Okinawa in order to protect the endangered Okinawa dugong, a manatee-like marine ...

According to a DMCR survey, Thailand had 273 dugongs in its surrounding waters in 2022, mostly living along the west coast in ...

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 ...

THREATS: Dugongs are endangered by habitat loss from U.S. military activities and construction, as well as by noise pollution and marine pollution. POPULATION TREND: Fewer than 50 dugongs may remain ...

Dugongs, which are considered critically endangered here, are vulnerable to human-posed threats while at or near the water surface, where they face high chances of a collision with a vessel.

Several reef species, including dugongs and loggerhead and green sea turtles, have been listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. But this vast reef, with its incredible wildlife and rare seagrass ...

its dugong (‘sea cow') population; and its stromatolites (colonies of algae which form hard, dome-shaped deposits and are among the oldest forms of life on earth). Shark Bay is also home to five ...