Why are dugongs endangered? The cousin of the manatee has been put on the vulnerable list, elevating awareness about the ...

On the brink: The Endangered Species Act 07:57. The dugong, also known as a "sea cow," is extinct in China, scientists say. Researchers from Zoological Society of London and the Chinese Academy of ...

The dugong, an ocean mammal once mistaken for mermaids by sailors, has been declared 'functionally extinct' in China.. New research shows a rapid decrease in numbers in the country from the 1970s ...

The dugong, a gentle giant of the ocean, is now "functionally extinct" in China, a new study said Wednesday. There have been no records of dugongs in China's waters since 2008, researchers from ...

The dugong, a species of so-called sea cow that roams the ocean floor in Asia and Africa and is said to have inspired ancient legends of mermaids, has been spotted off China’s southern coast for ...

It’s not a character from a children’s storybook, but a real animal—the dugong. With its soulful eyes, walrus-like whiskers, and unhurried pace, the dugong stirs something deep inside us.

The dugong, a gentle marine mammal, has officially been declared extinct in China, a study has found. In findings published by the Zoological Society of London in the journal Royal Society Open ...

Case in point: the dugong. As you’ll see in this amazing YouTube video, dugongs are famous for moving along the ocean floor like vacuum cleaners, appearing to suck up.

To the wider world, it is known as the dugong. “Dugongs are sea cows. They’re closely related to manatees and their closest land relatives are elephants,” says Christopher Marshall ...

Keeping tabs on the species’ populations is surprisingly hard. A new aerial effort tracks the marks they leave behind A dugong, also known as a sea cow, in a protected marine reserve in the ...

Phuket: A dugong has been spotted for the first time off Rawai beach, causing excitement and fears about the prevailing threat to the rare aquatic animal posed by the current marine environment.

Dugongs and manatees are easy to tell apart because of the shape of their tails. While manatees have a large, rounded and almost spoon-like tail, the tail of a dugong is fluked, ...