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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A major international study published in the peer-reviewed open-access journal, PeerJ, has formally identified a new species of ancient marine mammal discovere ...

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 ...

Veterinarians found tiny pieces of plastic in Marium's intestines during an autopsy on the popular, young dugong Marium, the dugong that became known as Thailand’s “sweetheart” after going viral in ...

Marium became a sensation online in April through videos of caretakers feeding her milk and sea grass A beloved baby marine mammal in Thailand has died after consuming plastic and experiencing shock, ...

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 ...

Populations of a vulnerable species of marine mammal, numerous species of abalone and a type of Caribbean coral are now threatened with extinction, an international conservation organization said ...

Fossil discoveries in Qatar reveal a new ancient sea cow species, closely resembling modern dugongs. These findings highlight ...

The dugong gained internet fame after pictures showed her hugging her carers. One of the latest possible victims of ocean pollution appears to be Marium, the loveable manatee-like animal that captured ...