While dugongs may be under threat in many parts of the world, Australia is in a unique position to keep populations at a healthy level, says a new report. According to the report, prepared for the UN ...

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 ...

The dugong has become functionally extinct in waters off China, a new study has found. Researchers from the Zoological Society of London and the Chinese Academy of Sciences said fishing, ship strikes ...

A dugong, also known as a sea cow, appeared several times in an “unusual” spot, prompting warnings from officials in Australia. The marine creature was spotted several times in the Tweed River since ...

DUGONGS OCCUR wherever there are seagrass meadows, in the tropical and subtropical waters of about 40 countries across the Indo-Pacific. Australia is the stronghold for the species: a significant ...

The real threats to dugongs and turtles – climate change and marine debris – are not being addressed. RECENT CALLS FOR a ban on legal traditional hunting of dugongs and marine turtles imply that ...

Helene Marsh FTSE, Distinguished Professor of Environmental Science at James Cook University, is a conservation biologist who has been studying dugongs for 40 years. She is the senior author of a ...

A landmark study has revealed the region is a global sanctuary for dugongs, with calf sightings at their highest level since 2006 in areas north of Mission Beach. James Cook University published the ...

It was groundbreaking research by James Cook University's Helene Marsh in 2004 that was seized on by politicians calling for a ban on traditional hunting of dugongs and turtles by indigenous people, a ...

“Rare sightings” of a “displaced” dugong, or sea cow, living in the Tweed River prompted a warning from officials to boaters to be careful. Photo from Ray Aucott via Unsplash A dugong, also known as a ...