PHUKET: An experiment in Rawai to grow marine plants as a substitute for seagrass for dugongs for feed on is showing positive ...

PHUKET: A survey team of marine biologists has confirmed the sighting of at least seven dugongs in Ao Tang Khen, off the east ...

A local fishing community in Thanjavur was celebrated for their successful rescue of an endangered dugong trapped in a ...

Another dugong was found dead in Krabi on Sunday as the Natural Resources and Environment Minister Chalermchai Sri-on ...

Fishermen in Thanjavur district successfully rescued an eight-foot-long dugong, a protected marine species, after it was ...

The Okinawa dugong is slate gray to gray bronze in color and its tail is fluked, similar to those of whales or other cetaceans. As an adaptation to bottom-feeding, its muzzle is turned downward and ...

The plaintiffs say the dumping could ravage the seagrass beds on which the dugongs feed, and that noise, excessive light and pollution from construction could harm the animals. The plaintiffs aren't ...

The technology will provide detailed information on their range, migration patterns, and crucial feeding grounds. Interest in dugong conservation is surging beyond Mozambique, with regional ...

The dugong is a unique character of the sea ... destruction of its habitat - including a lack of seagrass beds for feed - has caused a "rapid population collapse". The UN Environment Programme ...

They called for measures to preserve seagrass beds, which serve as feeding grounds for the creatures. The dugong, regarded as the inspiration for ancient seafaring tales of mermaids, is a mammal ...