The dugong is a unique character of the sea ... can occur before effective conservation actions are developed". The species is found in 37 other tropical regions in the world - in particular ...

Tamil Nadu is the first state in India to notify a Dugong Conservation Reserve in the Palk Bay region marking a ...

The dugong (Dugong dugon) is one of four surviving species in the Sirenia taxonomy (the other three are African, Amazonian and West Indian manatees). However, global populations of dugongs have ...

RANGE: Dugongs are found in the Pacific and Indian Oceans; those in the coastal waters of Okinawa, Japan represent the northernmost range of the species. MIGRATION: Dugongs have no distinct breeding ...

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

Discover how local fishermen in Thanjavur rescued a giant dugong entangled in a fishing net, highlighting efforts to protect ...

“The endangered dugong species is currently facing a number of threats due to habitat loss and human-related activities such as increased marine activity, being caught in discarded fishing ...

The dugong, an endangered marine animal species designated as a natural monument by the government of Japan, almost certainly inhabit broad areas of the Ryukyu Island chain in Okinawa Prefecture ...

The new method was also successfully tested using a DNA sample from a dead dugong found in March 2019 in Okinawa. Manatees are a species closely related to dugongs, but manatee DNA copies cannot ...

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

The dugong is one of four living species of the order Sirenia, which also includes three species of manatees, and is the only living representative of a once-diverse family, the Dugongidae.