By Peter Corkeron In a world full of bad news, there’s been good news in whale conservation. Many of the great whales are coming back. In fact, some populations have been recovering faster than anyone ...

What appears to be a dugong vacuuming the ocean floor is actually a dugong eating. It grazes on underwater grasses day and night, using its sensitive snout to find grass and its rough lips to pull ...

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 debris found there.

Meet the dugong — the farmer of the sea. May 28 is celebrated every year as World Dugong Day. Dugongs (Dugong dugon) are the only herbivorous mammals found in India’s marine ecosystems.

Only one dugong was seen approaching the site, but it did not eat any vegetables. Meanwhile, the authorities are on an urgent mission to revive the seagrass.

According to recent reports, ten dugongs were found dead in Thailand from Oct 1 to Nov 5 — three each in Satun, Phuket, and Trang, and another in Krabi provinces.

BANGKOK - A herd of 30 dugongs have been recorded in a video clip as they swam around Koh Muk in the Andaman Sea. The island is part of the Hat Chao Mai National Park located off the west coast of ...

ISKANDAR PUTERI: The Fisheries Department is replanting seagrass to conserve the plant in Pulau Tinggi and Pulau Sibu, Mersing, which are dugong grazing areas and habitats.

A dugong, also known as a sea cow, in a protected marine reserve in the Philippines. On the mammal’s underside, remora fish snack on parasites—and dugong poop. Javier Aznar González de Rueda ...

Abu Dhabi: A young male dugong that had been separated from its herd, and found in Marawah Marine Biosphere Reserve had been rescued and rehabilitated here Alone and without the protection of its ...

The Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) has rescued and rehabilitated a young male dugong calf, which was found abandoned. The dugong was discovered by Agency rangers at the Marawah Marine Biosphere ...