The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change (MoECC), which spotted two dead dugongs (sea cows) along the country’s shores, has launched a thorough investigation into the cause of death.

In 1986, a dugong was found dead on the shores of Xiaoliuqiu. Academia Sinica Biodiversity Research Center Executive Director Cheng Ming-hsiu (鄭明修) expressed surprise at the sighting. Dugongs are ...

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 ...

DESCRIPTION: The dugong is a marine mammal related to the manatee. It averages nine feet in length and weighs 550 to 1,000 pounds. The Okinawa dugong is slate gray to gray bronze in color and its tail ...

The ministry noted that potential causes of marine life deaths, such as dugongs, include collisions ... marine organisms caught in a fishing net, dead on the beach, or floating in the water ...

The dugong, an endangered marine animal species ... the Nansei Islands due to a lack of sightings in the region after a dead female was found off Nakijin on the main Okinawa island in 2019.