Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment. Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the ...

Maputo, Mozambique – One dugong (Dugong dugon), an endangered species in Mozambique and in the world, was found dead in Inhassoro, Inhambane province, near the Bazaruto Archipelago National Park (BNAP ...

Long regarded as Sirenas or Mermaids by the mariners of old, gentle Dugongs (Dugong dugon) inhabit shallow waters of the Coral Triangle, wherever seagrass is most abundant. Long regarded as Sirenas or ...

The dugong, a gentle giant of the ocean, is now "functionally extinct" in China, a new study said Wednesday. There have been no records of dugongs in China's waters since 2008, researchers from the ...

The distribution among size and reproductive classes of the digenean Lankatrematoides gardneri was recorded from the pancreatic ducts of 41 dugongs from the Gulf of Papua, Papua New Guinea.

Millions of years ago, the intrepid (or confused) ancestors of the slow-moving marine vegetarians we know as dugongs travelled across the Pacific Ocean to the South China Sea, an analysis suggests 1.

The dugong, often referred to as a "mermaid," washed ashore on Con Dao. Photo: Dang Lam Authorities transported the dugong’s body. Photo: Dang Lam On the afternoon of August 19, locals in the Con Dao ...

The Journal of Mammalogy is the flagship publication of the American Society of Mammalogists. Published since 1919, the highly respected international scientific journal promotes interest in and ...

Legend has it that lonely sailors mistook them for beautiful, mythical mermaids. But as it turns out, the muse behind these beguiling sea nymphs was instead the dugong – a rather ungainly, gentle and ...

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