Evidence also suggests some dugong have moved even farther away, entering neighboring Malaysia to the south and Myanmar to ...

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 case of Si Tenang the baby dugong captured national attention in 1999. Atan Hussin (Pak Atan), a fisherman in southern Johor, had accidentally caught a baby dugong in his net. Finding that it ...

ISKANDAR PUTERI: The Fisheries Department is replanting seagrass to conserve the plant in Pulau Tinggi and Pulau Sibu, Mersing, which are dugong grazing areas and habitats. Fisheries Department ...

A group of 24 fishermen of coastal Thanjavur district were felicitated by the Forest Department recently for rescuing Dugongs, an “endangered” marine mammal that had got entangled in the net ...

DOHA: The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MECC) has announced the detection of two dugong deaths on the beaches. Initial assessments indicate the two creatures may have been entangled ...