Pour one out for the dugong today—the bulbous yet endearing undersea mammal has hit a worrying new benchmark of species decline. Scientists have declared the animal “functionally extinct” in part of ...

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 ...

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Legend has it that the inspiration for mermaids comes from an elusive sea mammal, so skittish that it flees at the first sight of a human. It’s an animal that features heavily in the folklore of ...

A new report reveals that Tanzania’s population of dugongs is on the verge of collapse as a result of accidental entanglement in gill nets. Nairobi, Kenya – A new report reveals that Tanzania’s ...

An orange-spotted grouper, known locally as Hamour, a coral reef predator fish that is near threatened due to habitat loss and overfishing. It's one of about 500 species of fish in Abu Dhabi that will ...

Chennai :The population of dugongs along the Tamil Nadu coast has been estimated at 270 by WII, and this signals a stable and thriving environment for the endangered marine mammals, a top state ...

A recent survey has recorded 270 dugongs along the Tamil Nadu coastline, marking India's largest remaining viable population ...

Two dugongs stranded earlier this week on an island in eastern Indonesia, but only one survived and returned to the sea. With conservation authorities unable to go to the site due to COVID-19 ...

A new report reveals that Tanzania’s population of dugongs is on the verge of collapse as a result of accidental entanglement in gill nets. Nairobi, Kenya – A new report reveals that Tanzania’s ...