You're missing out if you've never heard of the dugong. These cousins of the manatee closely resemble their Florida family, as they are large and gray herbivores that float peacefully through the ...

Populations of a vulnerable species of marine mammal, numerous species of abalone and a type of Caribbean coral are now threatened with extinction, an international conservation organization said ...

A rare sighting of a dugong calf in Alor, Indonesia, has renewed focus on the health of the region’s seagrass ecosystem and the species’ fragile future. Conservationists say the presence of multiple ...

Though found in relative abundance in parts of northern Australia, the only known viable dugong population in East Africa calls the waters around the Bazaruto Archipelago National Park in Mozambique ...

WWF is working in the waters off Tanzania in an attempt to protect one of the world’s most threatened marine mammals. Mafia Island, Tanzania – WWF has initiated a dugong conservation programme in the ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...