It’s often referred to as the “sea cow” because of its grazing behavior on the ocean floor. Dugongs can live up to 70 years, and females only give birth every 3–7 years.

A dugong in the Philippines has two sets of companions, streamlined remoras and striped golden jacks. The golden jacks grab small shrimps that the dugong stirs up and don’t bother the creature.

On the brink: The Endangered Species Act 07:57. The dugong, also known as a "sea cow," is extinct in China, scientists say. Researchers from Zoological Society of London and the Chinese Academy of ...

A dugong, also known as a sea cow, in a protected marine reserve in the Philippines. On the mammal’s underside, remora fish snack on parasites—and dugong poop.

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 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 dugong in the Philippines has two sets of companions, streamlined remoras and striped golden jacks. The golden jacks grab small shrimps that the dugong stirs up and don’t bother the creature.

A dugong made a rare appearance in the Andaman Islands of the India Ocean snacking along the seafloor, what researchers said was a good sign ...

The dugong, a gentle marine mammal that has frequented China's southern waters for hundreds of years, has become functionally extinct in the country, a new study said on Wednesday.

The researchers also found that the dugong population on Queensland’s eastern coast, between Mission Beach and Bundaberg, is declining about 2.3 percent annually, per the ABC.

The dugong, a gentle marine mammal that has frequented China’s southern waters for hundreds of years, has become functionally extinct in the country, a new study said on Wednesday. Research by ...

Fewer than 10 dugongs were left in the waters around Okinawa, according to a December 2019 report by The Japan Times. Cries that experts attributed to dugongs were recorded in 2020, ...