The dugong, an endangered marine animal species designated as a natural monument by the government of Japan, almost certainly inhabit broad areas of the Ryukyu Island chain in Okinawa Prefecture ...

OTSU, Shiga Prefecture--Researchers have developed a new way to locate habitats of the elusive dugong, an endangered type of sea cow, by analyzing DNA left behind in the water from its skin and ...

A nearly seven-foot-long Dugong, a marine mammal commonly known as “sea cow”, which got entangled in the fishing net, was rescued and safely released into the sea by a group of fishermen of ...