With a roll of his shoulders and a flick of his tail, Musashi starts his plodding journey across the sand flats. My journey ...

In Asia, dugongs once ranged widely from India to Japan and throughout Southeast Asia, quietly grazing in seagrass beds much like their American relatives. But their numbers have dwindled ...

Abundant seagrass meadows around Koh Libong and Koh Muk in Trang have allowed the local dugong population to flourish, with a recent survey showing the herd has grown in size since the last one.