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 ...

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 ...

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 ...