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 ...

Rarely entering rivers, dugongs are more strictly marine than manatees. RANGE: Dugongs are found in the Pacific and Indian Oceans; those in the coastal waters of Okinawa, Japan represent the ...

“As per the instructions of our district forest officer, we have sensitised around 53 villages about the importance of ...

THANJAVUR: A dugong, an endangered marine mammal, caught in a seine net in the early hours of Sunday near Adirampattinam was ...

An eight-foot-long dugong, also known as a “sea cow” was safely released back into the sea by local fishermen after becoming entangled in a net in southern India’s Tamil Nadu. The incident took place ...

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