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 ...

Also called a Sea Cow, Dugong feeds on sea grass and other water plants that grow at the bottom of the sea. Their numbers have declined globally and in our waters and the Gulf of Mannar is believed to ...

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 is fluked, similar to those of whales or other cetaceans. As an ...

At the most westerly point of the Australian continent, Shark Bay, with its islands and the land surrounding it, has three exceptional natural features: its vast sea-grass beds, which are the largest ...

SINGAPORE – In the depths of the waters surrounding Singapore roam marine creatures such as dugongs, dolphins, sharks, rays and turtles. But spotting them can be tricky, owing to the nation’s ...

SAN FRANCISCO (CN) – The U.S. Department of Defense must reassess the impacts of a controversial new military base on Okinawa in order to protect the endangered Okinawa dugong, a manatee-like marine ...