This Sept. 5, 2012 photo shows Serena, a dugong at the Toba Aquarium in Toba, Japan. Dugongs, a sea mammal related to the manatee, are rare in captivity. The aquarium gift shop sells stuffed dugongs ...

A 500kg pregnant dugong washes ashore in General Santos City. Sarangani Bay authorities highlight the critical status of the ...

The dugong, a gentle marine mammal, has officially been declared extinct in China, a study has found. In findings published by the Zoological Society of London in the journal Royal Society Open ...

Millions of years ago much of Mississippi was underwater and dugongs, sometimes called sea cows, roamed the warm coastal ...

Tamil Nadu’s dugong population rises to 270 in Palk Bay and Gulf of Mannar, marking a major conservation milestone for ...

Scientists discover a 21-million-year-old dwarf sea cow that grazed in the Arabian Gulf, revealing how it transformed marine ecosystems.

The Andaman coast was one of very few places in the world with a viable population but then dead dugongs began washing up. Now half have gone ...

India’s dugongs are thriving along Tamil Nadu’s coast, with 270 individuals now recorded. Active breeding is confirmed, and a new Dugong Conservation Centre will support research, awareness and ...

The Department of Environment and Conservation says a dugong spotted off the mid-west coast appears to be in sound health. The dugong was seen in waters off Jurien Bay yesterday, hundred of kilometres ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - Threats to the endangered Okinawa dugong, a manatee-like marine mammal, are not enough to stop construction of a military base in Okinawa, a federal judge ruled. "We are ...

BANGKOK — A baby dugong, a large ocean mammal, that has developed an attachment to humans after being separated from its mother and getting lost off southern Thailand is being nurtured by marine ...

A rare baby dugong spotted in Indonesia’s Alor archipelago highlights the success of community-led efforts to restore ...