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BANGKOK — A baby dugong, a large ocean mammal, that has developed an attachment to humans after being separated from its mother and getting lost off southern Thailand is being nurtured by marine ...

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 undersea world is an amazing one. There are countless species beneath the surface, all engaging in fascinating activities that you have to see to believe. Case in point: the dugong. As you’ll see ...

The dugong, a gentle giant of the ocean, is now "functionally extinct" in China, a new study said Wednesday. There have been no records of dugongs in China's waters since 2008, researchers from the ...

The dugong, a gentle marine mammal, has officially been declared extinct in China, a study has found. In findings published by the Zoological Society of London in the journal Royal Society Open ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CN) - Threats to the endangered Okinawa dugong, a manatee-like marine mammal, are not enough to stop construction of a military base in Okinawa, a federal judge ruled. "We are ...

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 ...

A sick baby dugong beloved in Thailand has died with bits of plastic in her stomach, officials reported Saturday. “Mariam” was adopted by the Thai public and became an internet sensation after being ...

Legend has it that lonely sailors mistook them for beautiful, mythical mermaids. But as it turns out, the muse behind these beguiling sea nymphs was instead the dugong – a rather ungainly, gentle and ...

This Sept. 5, 2012 photo shows Serena, a dugong at the Toba Aquarium in Toba, Japan. Dugongs, a sea mammal related to the manatee, are rare in captivity. The aquarium gift shop sells stuffed dugongs ...

An orphaned baby dugong that attained celebrity status in Thailand has died with plastic waste lining its stomach, prompting a surge of mourning on the internet. The female dugong, named Marium, was ...