Dugongs in Thailand are currently at risk of extinction as fatalities of the aquatic mammals continue to increase over the past few years. Kasetsart University's marine ecologist Thon ...

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 ...

OTSU, Shiga Prefecture--Researchers have developed a new way to locate habitats of the elusive dugong, an endangered type of sea cow, by analyzing DNA left behind in the water from its skin and ...

Experts suggest that adorable relatives of sea cows and dugongs once dominated Egypt's Eastern Desert. The finding was presented by researchers at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology's annual ...