The dugong, also known as a "sea cow," is extinct in China, scientists say. Researchers from Zoological Society of London and the Chinese Academy of Sciences say the gentle giant hasn't had a ...

The dugong, a gentle giant of the ocean, is now "functionally extinct" in China, a new study said Wednesday. There have been no records of dugongs in China's waters since 2008, researchers from ...

A stock photo shows a dugong. A study has found they are extinct in China. A stock photo shows a dugong. A study has found they are extinct in China. Vitalii Kalutskyi/Getty According to the study ...

The dugong, an ocean mammal once mistaken for mermaids by sailors, has been declared 'functionally extinct' in China. New research shows a rapid decrease in numbers in the country from the 1970s ...

Not lately, though. A new study suggests that the dugong has become the first large vertebrate to go functionally extinct in China’s coastal waters, the result of a rapid population collapse ...

The undersea world is an amazing one. There are countless species beneath the surface, all engaging in fascinating activities ...

"Populations are depleted in some places and regionally extinct in others, and scientists believe the dugong to be vulnerable to extinction. Without careful management of the human activities that ...

“We’ve never lost so many dugong,” Petch said, noting the mortality rate is “shockingly” high. “If they keep going at this rate, they are going to be extinct in a very short time fram ...

The now-extinct species of dugong, a manatee-like marine mammal, was swimming in the sea about 15 million years ago when it was preyed upon by two animals: a crocodile and a tiger shark.