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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

Dugongs, the researchers conclude, are the first large vertebrates to go extinct in Chinese waters. "The dugong is a sad example of what is happening to the marine environment where there is ...

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 ...

The dugong, a gentle marine mammal that has frequented China’s southern waters for hundreds of years, has become functionally extinct in the country, a new study said on Wednesday. Research by ...

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.

New research led by ZSL and the Chinese Academy of Sciences has led researchers to declare that one of the ocean’s most gentle giants, the dugong is now functionally extinct in China.

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

“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 ...