Sadly, its habitat close to shore in China left it vulnerable to hunters in the 20th Century who sought the animal for its skin, bones and meat. After a notable decline in population, dugongs were ...

It averages nine feet in length and weighs 550 to 1,000 pounds. The Okinawa dugong is slate gray to gray bronze in color and its tail is fluked, similar to those of whales or other cetaceans. As an ...

The waters around Japan’s southwestern Nansei Islands, much part of which lie in Okinawa Prefecture, are believed to demarcate the northern limit of the dugong’s habitat areas in the Pacific.

BINTAN ISLAND, Indonesia — Ever since Munsa was a young man, he would quietly paddle a small boat past the mangroves on Air Glubi Island into the Kawal Sea armed with a harpoon. “Anyone can ...

The adult carcass of a rare dugong washed ashore on Penang Island under the marina of a seaside condominium block in Gelugor here.

OTSU, Shiga Prefecture--Researchers have developed a new way to locate habitats of the elusive dugong, an endangered type of sea cow, by analyzing DNA left behind in the water from its skin and ...

“The endangered dugong species is currently facing a number of threats due to habitat loss and human-related activities such as increased marine activity, being caught in discarded fishing ...

The death of any representative of this species is a blow to the world's dugong population, whose numbers are declining due to habitat destruction, environmental pollution, and human activities.