Why are dugongs endangered? The cousin of the manatee has been put on the vulnerable list, elevating awareness about the marine animal's population.

The dugong, a manatee-like creature that is thought to have inspired myths about mermaids, has been declared extinct in China. There have been no verified sightings by scientists of the dugong in ...

Manatees have paddle-shaped tails, while dugongs have fluked tails similar to those of whales. Dugongs have bristled snouts, whereas manatees have whiskered snouts.

As with manatees, the dugong’s disappearance would signal the unraveling of fragile marine ecosystems that millions of people depend upon. Such losses are not merely sentimental.

Manatee relative dugongs, 700 new species now facing extinction By Associated Press Published Dec. 10, 2022, 4:40 p.m. ET ...

The group announced 3,000 additions to its IUCN Red List of more than 150,000 threatened species. The dugong is among 700 now deemed at risk of extinction.

A giant, gentle sea creature that belongs to the manatee family is now “functionally extinct” in China with no sightings recorded since 2008, a new study said Wednesday. The dugong, a strictly ...

The dugong, a manatee-like creature that is thought to have inspired myths about mermaids, has been declared extinct in China. There have been no verified sightings by scientists of the dugong in ...

The dugong, a manatee-like creature that is thought to have inspired myths about mermaids, has been declared extinct in China. There have been no verified sightings by scientists of the dugong in ...