Mongabay News on MSN7d
Manatees in peril as human pressures push gentle giants toward the brink
An occasional series where Mongabay’s founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. Few ...
Taipei Times5d
First wild dugong sighted in 88 years
A wild live dugong was found in Taiwan for the first time in 88 years, after it was accidentally caught by a fisher’s net on ...
Center for Biological Diversity10y
NATURAL HISTORY
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 ...
University of Manchester9y
Pioneering bright light research reveals bone density of sea cows for the first time
Famed for their gentle, slow-moving nature, sea cows (manatees and dugongs) are aquatic mammals closely related to the elephant. Now, their bone chemistry can be revealed for the very first time, ...
Courthouse News Service7y
9th Circuit Revives Fight for Endangered Dugong on Okinawa
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – The U.S. Department of Defense must reassess the impacts of a controversial new military base on Okinawa in order to protect the endangered Okinawa dugong, a manatee-like marine ...
The Peninsula Qatar5d
MECC records two cases of dugong deaths on beaches
DOHA: The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MECC) has announced the detection of two dugong deaths on the beaches. Initial assessments ...