A rare fossil has provided a snapshot of what was an exceptionally unlucky day for a prehistoric sea cow. The now-extinct species of dugong, a manatee-like marine mammal, was swimming in the sea about ...

Dugongs have been declared functionally extinct in Chinese waters. Reinhard Dirscherl/ullstein bild via Getty Images Dugongs — the elusive sea cows said to have inspired ancient tales of mermaids — ...

DURHAM, N.C. — Zoologists refer to manatees and dugongs as “sea cows” but a simple internet search might return the more playful moniker “floaty potatoes.” Now, imagine a 24,000-pound version, twice ...

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The dugong, a species of manatee native to Asia and Africa, is now “functionally extinct” in the waters off Communist China, a rebuke of the myth that capitalist nations in general — and America in ...

Steller’s sea cow was an extraordinary creature, an enormous, kelp-eating, cold-water relative of the dugong and manatees that was hunted to extinction within three decades of its discovery by ...

Keeping tabs on the species’ populations is surprisingly hard. A new aerial effort tracks the marks they leave behind A dugong, also known as a sea cow, in a protected marine reserve in the ...

The study said the dugong, a vegetarian mammal that ranges across Asia and Africa, has essentially vanished from the country’s coastline. By Mike Ives The dugong, a species of so-called sea cow that ...

A round-the-clock webcast starring two beloved baby dugongs in Thailand named Mariam and Jamil went live Sunday, allowing a more in-depth look at the celebrity sea cows. Mariam captured hearts in ...

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