Douglas encountered this dugong in a sheltered, shallow bay on the Egyptian coast. It was eating seagrass, its principal food, moving itself along on its flippers rather than its whale-like tail, ...

Dugongs – marine mammals that grow up to three ... Marium became famous after photos of her hugging vets were posted online and the DMCR set up cameras to livestream her being fed milk formula.

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

At his home on Air Glubi Island, Bintan, Munsa shows a spear used to hunt dugongs in October 2023. Image by Yogi Eka Sahputra for Tempo. The dugong was classed as “vulnerable” in 1982 by the ...

Only three people surveyed from coastal communities in China reported seeing the dugong in the past five years. Known as the ocean's most gentle giant, the dugong's slow, relaxed behaviour is ...

The survey captured images of dugongs, including juveniles – the last known population of dugongs in the Seychelles. A marine survey of its coastal region by Kenya last year uncovered only two ...

Western Australian resident Jake Mason, of Shark Bay Eco Tours, said he's been lucky enough to spot the "cows of the sea" in ...