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The dugong was first spotted surfacing to breathe on July 8 by patrol personnel from Yongshu Reef's environmental protection ...
Due to hunting, habitat loss, collisions with ships and other human interventions, the dugong was evaluated in 2022 as ...
Just two years after being declared extinct, the dugong has been sighted again in the South China Sea, a sign of progress in ...
A dugong, an endangered marine mammal often dubbed the “mermaid,” washed ashore on Con Dao Island (Ho Chi Minh City) in an ...
The dead dugong was found along the coast of the Sarangani Bay Protected Seascape, which straddles 215,950 hectares of sea ...
These elusive aquatic mammals are said to have inspired mermaids – but with dugong habitats shrinking globally, they are benefiting from a conservation program in Abu Dhabi that’s restoring ...
The herbivorous dugong was classed as a vulnerable species in 1982 by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Hunters like Munsa in Bintan, a cluster of islands between Sumatra and ...
The world's largest health study of dugongs in Moreton Bay provides critical clues for helping conserve the enigmatic marine mammal, especially in other locations where numbers are falling.
Case in point: the dugong. As you’ll see in this amazing YouTube video, dugongs are famous for moving along the ocean floor like vacuum cleaners, appearing to suck up ...
A dugong in the Philippines has two sets of companions: one is welcome, the other is not. A dugong in the Philippines has two sets of companions, streamlined remoras and striped golden jacks. The ...
Human activities have threatened dugongs worldwide. Now, the marine animal is "functionally extinct" in China, a Wednesday study concluded.