A 500kg pregnant dugong washes ashore in General Santos City. Sarangani Bay authorities highlight the critical status of the ...

India’s dugongs are thriving along Tamil Nadu’s coast, with 270 individuals now recorded. Active breeding is confirmed, and a ...

A survey estimates Tamil Nadu's dugong population at 270, marking Palk Bay and Gulf of Mannar as India's largest habitat.

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 ...

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 ...

A pregnant dugong or sea cow believed to be near its delivery period was washed ashore and died later in General Santos City on 7, 2026.

The dugong population along Tamil Nadu's coast is estimated at 270, indicating a stable environment for these marine mammals. The Wildlife Institute of India assessed this as a major conservation ...

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Rising population of Dugongs signals a stable and thriving environment for the endangered marine mammals at Tamil Nadu coast.

Cuddles at feeding time are one of many techniques vets in Thailand are using to raise an orphaned baby dugong named Mariam, and which have helped spread interest in ocean conservation in the process.

Abu Dhabi: Marine experts from around the world will converge on the capital to discuss the status and conservation of dugongs of the Arabian Gulf, Red Sea and western Indian Ocean next month.