Pour one out for the dugong today—the bulbous yet endearing undersea mammal has hit a worrying new benchmark of species decline. Scientists have declared the animal “functionally extinct” in part of ...

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 ...

A LEADING scientist says cyclones rather than hunting pressure may be responsible for a drop in dugong numbers in the northern part of the Great Barrier Reef. A report released by James Cook ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...

A new report reveals that Tanzania’s population of dugongs is on the verge of collapse as a result of accidental entanglement in gill nets. Nairobi, Kenya – A new report reveals that Tanzania’s ...

A threatened marine species was caught off the coast of an Indonesian island for the first time, sparking calls for safeguarding its crucial habitat. According to Mongabay, a dugong calf was spotted ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BANGKOK (AP) — A baby dugong, a large ocean ...

Mariam the dugong photographed as she is cared for by park officials and veterinarians from the Phuket Marine Biological Centre on Libong island. SIRACHAI ARUNRUGSTICHAI/AFP/Getty Images In April, a ...

A new report reveals that Tanzania’s population of dugongs is on the verge of collapse as a result of accidental entanglement in gill nets. Nairobi, Kenya – A new report reveals that Tanzania’s ...