A function to felicitate fishermen of Keelathottam in neighbouring Thanjavur district for rescuing a Dugong, also known as ...

suggesting it tried to grasp this part of the dugong’s face to suffocate it. Two other large, curved incisions indicate that ...

Thanjavur, India - November 10, 2024 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 ...

OTSU, Shiga Prefecture--Researchers have developed a new way to locate habitats of the elusive dugong, an endangered type of sea cow, by analyzing DNA left behind in the water from its skin and ...

A nearly eight-feet-long Dugong, a marine mammal commonly known as “sea cow”, which got entangled in a fisherman’s net near Keezathottam coastal village in neighbouring Thanjavur district ...

It was suspected that the Dugongs were killed as a result of a dynamite blast usually used to catch fish. The carcasses were brought to Colombo for a post mortem. The Dugong known as the Muhudu Ura in ...

THANJAVUR: A dugong, an endangered marine mammal, caught in a seine net in the early hours of Sunday near Adirampattinam was rescued and released back into the sea by fishermen. According to ...

A "sea cow" that evoked tales of mermaids is being driven to the edge of extinction, conservation experts warn. According to an update of the official extinction list, the dugong is almost wiped ...

the scientists used dugongs as an analogous species, because of their close relation to sea cows. Because the Sea Cow consumed large quantities of kelp fronds from the canopy, its grazing likely ...