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 ...

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WWF is working in the waters off Tanzania in an attempt to protect one of the world’s most threatened marine mammals. Mafia Island, Tanzania – WWF has initiated a dugong conservation programme in the ...

Mariam the dugong photographed as she is cared for by park officials and veterinarians from the Phuket Marine Biological Centre on Libong island. SIRACHAI ARUNRUGSTICHAI/AFP/Getty Images In April, a ...

A recent survey has recorded 270 dugongs along the Tamil Nadu coastline, marking India's largest remaining viable population ...

Forest personnel and the general public on Tuesday pledged to work for the conservation of dugongs at an event held at Pudupattinam shore near Peravurani where a dugong sand sculpture was made by the ...

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 ...

26 March 2008 DOHA- The Supreme Council for Environment and Natural Reserves (SCENR) has successfully completed the first phase of its National Dugong Conservation Initiative.The SCENR undertook the ...

BANGKOK (AP) — A top marine biologist has urged Thailand’s government to speed up conservation plans for the dugong, an imperiled sea mammal, after their death toll for the year in Thai waters has ...

On October 3, 2010, five more countries signed the Dugong MoU. They are Bahrain, Mozambique, Somalia, Vanuatu and Yemen, bringing the total number of Signatory States to 18 countries EAD's efforts ...