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 ...

While dugongs reduce seagrass biomass through grazing and disturb sediments, which can release carbon, their rapid recycling ...

The undersea world is an amazing one. There are countless species beneath the surface, all engaging in fascinating activities that you have to see to believe. Case in point: the dugong. As you’ll see ...

An artistic reconstruction of a herd of ancient sea cows foraging on the seafloor. Note to editors: Photos of the Al Maszhabiya site and fossils, an artist’s reconstruction of the new species in life ...

From sea turtles to birds and the gentle dugong, the Persian Gulf's diverse but fragile marine life is threatened by the bombs and oil of the war in the Middle East. The ecosystem was already under ...

A rare sighting of a dugong calf in Alor, Indonesia, has renewed focus on the health of the region’s seagrass ecosystem and the species’ fragile future. Conservationists say the presence of multiple ...

Declared functionally extinct in China just three years ago, the dugong — a marine mammal famously associated with mermaid legends — has been sighted again in the nearshore waters of the South China ...

Shallow‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‍‍‌ coastal waters hold on to some of the most comprehensive and detailed records of marine life from the Earth's remotest past. These recent fossil finds in Qatar have identified a new ...

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 ...

A rare dugong or sea cow and several green sea turtles were spotted off the coast of Barangay Sta. Maria in Kalamansig, ...