The Andaman coast was one of very few places in the world with a viable population but then dead dugongs began washing up. Now half have gone ...

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Millions of years ago, the intrepid (or confused) ancestors of the slow-moving marine vegetarians we know as dugongs travelled across the Pacific Ocean to the South China Sea, an analysis suggests 1.

Dugongs, or sea cows, are thought to have inspired tales of mythical mermaids. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Dugongs, the pudgy ...

Though found in relative abundance in parts of northern Australia, the only known viable dugong population in East Africa calls the waters around the Bazaruto Archipelago National Park in Mozambique ...

The study said the dugong, a vegetarian mammal that ranges across Asia and Africa, has essentially vanished from the country’s coastline. By Mike Ives The dugong, a species of so-called sea cow that ...