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 ...

This column is part of a series where Verge staffers post highly subjective reviews of animals. Previously, we’ve written about animals without telling you whether they suck or rule. We are now ...

You're missing out if you've never heard of the dugong. These cousins of the manatee closely resemble their Florida family, as they are large and gray herbivores that float peacefully through the ...

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 ...

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 ...

BANGKOK – A baby dugong, a large ocean mammal, that has developed an attachment to humans after being separated from its mother and getting lost off southern Thailand is being nurtured by marine ...

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 ...

The dugong, a gentle marine mammal that has frequented China’s southern waters for hundreds of years, has become functionally extinct in the country, a new study said on Wednesday. Research by the ...

This November, Pig the dugong celebrated his 21st birthday at SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium. The birthday boy was presented with a bean sprout cake and new toy at a party thrown in his honor, complete with ...

"In the southern Great Barrier Reef region the estimated size of the dugong population - about 500 to 600 - was the lowest since surveys began in 1986," Professor Helene Marsh from James Cook ...

The dugong has been declared functionally extinct in Chinese waters. Fishing and ship strikes have caused a rapid decline of the "sea cows" since the 1970s, according to research by the Zoological ...