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 ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A dugong, the marine mammal believed to have inspired the legendary mermaid, was spotted off the coast of Yilan on Tuesday, marking the species' first live sighting in Taiwan in ...

A wild live dugong was found in Taiwan for the first time in 88 years, after it was accidentally caught by a fisher’s net on Tuesday in Yilan County’s Fenniaolin (粉鳥林). This is the first sighting of ...

A prehistoric dugong preyed upon by an ancient crocodile ... which are quite peculiar in appearance. "The [extraction] took ...

A dugong, caught along with fish, was released by kind-hearted fishermen who cut their nets to do so. A video of the good samaritans showed them cutting their fishing net to set free a trapped dugong.