This video shows a dugong feeding on a seagrass meadow in the warm coastal waters of Shark Bay, Western Australia. As it ...

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New research suggests dugong grazing could enhance carbon storage in some seagrass ecosystems. The finding shows why ...

Robby & Lorien, an underwater wildlife photographing duo from the USA, captured this rare dugong vacuuming the sea bed.

SINGAPORE: A dead dugong was found floating in the waters off Bedok Jetty on Saturday (June 6), marking the first local record of the marine mammal since 2021.

The herbivorous dugong was classed as a vulnerable species in 1982 by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Hunters like Munsa in Bintan, a cluster of islands between Sumatra and ...

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Scientists have used historic DNA to discover some of the highest-risk populations of the endangered dugong are so genetically distinct, losing them would be the equivalent of losing a species of ...

Marium became a sensation online in April through videos of caretakers feeding her milk and sea grass A beloved baby marine mammal in Thailand has died after consuming plastic and experiencing shock, ...

Veterinarians found tiny pieces of plastic in Marium's intestines during an autopsy on the popular, young dugong Marium, the dugong that became known as Thailand’s “sweetheart” after going viral in ...

Marine mammals are dependent on seagrass which is being rapidly reduced by human impact The dugong is now functionally extinct in China after widespread degradation of their habitat and historical ...

The Indian Ocean is the third largest body of water on Earth at more than 6,000 miles wide and covering 13% of the world's surface. It is home to 5,000 species of fish, many of which only exist in the ...