When Piyarat Khumraksa started combing through five years of Thai government data on dugong deaths, she did not anticipate uncovering a crisis of national significance. The Department of Marine and ...

NAHA CITY, Okinawa — A woman opposed to U.S. military presence on Okinawa was convicted in a Japanese court recently on 16 counts related to her protests the past four years, including a threat ...

(Hiro Komae/AP) The U.S. Marine Corps scaled back its number of MV-22 Ospreys from 24 to 20 on Okinawa, Japan, in 2024 as part of an overhauling effort for the aircraft, according to a Marine ...

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.

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The case of Si Tenang the baby dugong captured national attention in 1999. Atan Hussin (Pak Atan), a fisherman in southern Johor, had accidentally caught a baby dugong in his net. Finding that it ...

Key strategies include training coastal officials in rescuing stranded dugongs, expanding community-based monitoring networks, and raising awareness among fishermen and tour operators. BANGKOK ...

The Department of Marine and Coastal Resources (DMCR) reported that nearly 40% of dugongs stranded last year were underweight, primarily due to a shortage of seagrass, their main food source. In ...

“The presence of dugongs highlights the rich marine biodiversity of Davao Occidental, reinforcing the urgent need for stronger conservation efforts,” Dopto stated. The office vowed to continue its ...

An impassioned call for collective action to tackle the conservation crisis threatening seagrass and dugongs was issued by Chalermchai Sri-on, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment at the ...

U.S. Marine Corps Lt Col. Jacob Godby uncase the 12th Littoral Combat Team colors during a designation ceremony of 12th Marines to 12th MLR on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Mar. 5, 2025. 12th MLR is ...