Legend has it that the inspiration for mermaids comes from an elusive sea mammal, so skittish that it flees at the first sight of a human. It’s an animal that features heavily in the folklore of ...

The undersea world is an amazing one. There are countless species beneath the surface, all engaging in fascinating activities that you have to see to believe. Case in point: the dugong. As you’ll see ...

Legend has it that lonely sailors mistook them for beautiful, mythical mermaids. But as it turns out, the muse behind these beguiling sea nymphs was instead the dugong – a rather ungainly, gentle and ...

Most people look rather blank when asked if they know what a dugong is. Some may be aware that it’s a sea cow, something similar to the manatee. But they don’t know much more. This is a shame for two ...

The Dugong, also known as the sea cow, is a gentle, herbivorous marine mammal that grazes on seagrass. Closely related to the manatee, it’s found in shallow coastal waters and is classified as ...

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 drone hovers above a feeding dugong in Tang Khen Bay, off Phuket. Dugongs, a sea cow species related to manatees, are particularly threatened by loss of habitat, pollution and tourism Photograph: ...