The case of Si Tenang the baby dugong captured national attention in 1999. Atan Hussin (Pak Atan), a fisherman in southern Johor, had accidentally caught a baby dugong in his net. Finding that it ...

The dugong, an endangered marine animal species designated as a natural monument by the government of Japan, almost certainly inhabit broad areas of the Ryukyu Island chain in Okinawa Prefecture ...

The dugong is significant in traditional Okinawan culture and mythology, and the Japanese government has designated them for protection under Japan’s Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties. But ...

Now, we usually attribute these myths to animals in the order Sirenia, including east Asian dugongs and manatees. These ...

BANGKOK: A herd of 30 dugongs have been recorded in a video clip as they swam around Koh Muk in the Andaman Sea. The island is part of the Hat Chao Mai National Park located off the west coast of ...