Seagrass meadows in Johor harbor have three times more juvenile fish than coral reefs, scientists have found. They also found that the dugong herds there prefer certain types of meadows over others.

Dugongs are the only herbivorous marine mammal in the world and rely on seagrass for food. They play an important role in coastal marine ecosystems. The government of India's southern Tamil Nadu state ...

Legend has it that the inspiration for mermaids comes from an elusive sea mammal, so skittish that it flees at the first sight of a human. It’s an animal that features heavily in the folklore of ...

A male sea cow or dugong was found dead in Glan, Sarangani. No physical trauma was seen aside from slight scratches on its back but the dugong reportedly died because of the fish net it has eaten, as ...

The dugong is listed as vulnerable in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. | Julien Willem and Papa Lima Whiskey/ Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) In an effort to protect the dugong, the Tamil ...

THANJAVUR: A young dugong, which was accidentally caught in a trap net cast to pull in fish off the Manora coast, Thanjavur district, was rescued and later released by fisherfolk with the help of ...

The handing over of an accidentally caught dugong by Tanzanian fishermen to local authorities and conservation groups shows that a campaign to raise awareness about the species is working. Mafia ...

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 ...

This November, Pig the dugong celebrated his 21st birthday at SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium. The birthday boy was presented with a bean sprout cake and new toy at a party thrown in his honor, complete with ...

Though found in relative abundance in parts of northern Australia, the only known viable dugong population in East Africa calls the waters around the Bazaruto Archipelago National Park in Mozambique ...