The body of the dead dugong was found in the Baan Bang Rong area, in the northeastern part of Phuket island. Local residents stumbled upon the animal and immediately notified the appropriate ...

The body of the dead dugong was found in the Baan Bang Rong area in the northeastern part of Phuket Island. Residents stumbled upon the animal and immediately notified the appropriate authorities.

The new method was also successfully tested using a DNA sample from a dead dugong found in March 2019 in Okinawa. Manatees are a species closely related to dugongs, but manatee DNA copies cannot ...

Dugongs in Thailand are currently at risk of extinction as fatalities of the aquatic mammals continue to increase over the past few years. Kasetsart University's marine ecologist Thon ...

In addition, another dead dugong, an expecting mother with a fully-developed calf, was discovered last week. Following the incident, a team from the Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi (EAD ...

DESCRIPTION: The dugong is a marine mammal related to the manatee. 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 ...

The dugong, an endangered marine animal species ... the Nansei Islands due to a lack of sightings in the region after a dead female was found off Nakijin on the main Okinawa island in 2019.