LIFE CYCLE: Dugongs are long-lived with low reproductive rates, a long generation time, and a substantial investment in each offspring. Calves stay close to their mothers, nursing until they are ...

BANGKOK: A two-month-old male dugong found at Koh Poda in Krabi province died on Wednesday (Aug 28) despite 18 days of intense efforts by veterinarians to nurse it back to health. The young sea ...

Their reaction was understandable—the dugong is an endangered species, and suspicions of poaching activity raised significant concern. The identified animal was an adult male, measuring ...

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 ...

SINGAPORE – In the depths of the waters surrounding Singapore roam marine creatures such as dugongs, dolphins, sharks, rays and turtles. But spotting them can be tricky, owing to the nation’s ...

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 ...

BANGKOK: A herd of 30 dugongs have been recorded in a video clip as they swam around Koh Muk in the Andaman Sea. The island is part of the Hat Chao Mai National Park located off the west coast of ...