DragofixJan 28

Thailand’s endangered ‘sea cows’ are washing ashore – pointing to a crisis in our seas https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/22/thailand-dugong-sea-cow-population-sea-biodiversity-crisis

#Thailand #sea #environment #marinelife #dugongs

Thailand’s endangered ‘sea cows’ are washing ashore – pointing to a crisis in our seas

The Andaman Coast has one of the largest concentration of dugong in the world, so why are numbers falling dramatically and what can they tell us about a biodiversity warning cry

The Guardian
DragofixJan 24

Looking for Miracle: why have so many dugongs gone missing from Thailand’s shores? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/20/looking-for-miracle-thailand-dugong-sea-cows-seagrass-pollution

#AnimalRights #marinelife #dugongs #Thailand #environment

Looking for Miracle: why have so many dugongs gone missing from Thailand’s shores?

The Andaman coast was one of very few places in the world with a viable population but then dead dugongs began washing up. Now half have gone

The Guardian
Nikolas KozloffJan 23

And if #UAE was really interested in saving #dugongs, it would get off #fossilfuels which are acidifying the #ocean 🌊

https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/uae/2026/01/21/uae-launches-3-million-global-drive-to-protect-dugongs-and-other-threatened-species/ #wildlife #Climate

UAE launches $3 million global drive to protect dugongs and other threatened species

Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund and Mubadala step up efforts to safeguard endangered animals

The National
earthlingJan 23

A dugong. The Andaman coast in #Thailand was one of very few places in the world with a viable population, but then dead dugongs began washing up.

Photograph: EyeEm Mobile GmbH/Getty Images

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/20/looking-for-miracle-thailand-dugong-sea-cows-seagrass-pollution

#photography
#dugongs

diese MeerjungfrauJan 22

Immer mehr tote Seekühe werden an Thailands Küsten angespült. Forschende schlagen Alarm: Die Hälfte der Dugong-Population könnte bereits verschwunden sein. Der Grund liegt auf dem Meeresgrund – und könnte ein Warnsignal für das ganze Ökosystem sein.

https://www.watson.de/nachhaltigkeit/klima-umwelt/116265563-artenschutz-thailands-seekuehe-sterben-was-das-mit-seegras-zu-tun-hat

#Dugongs #Seekühe

Artenschutz: Thailands Seekühe sterben – was das mit Seegras zu tun hat

Immer mehr tote Seekühe werden an Thailands Küsten angespült. Forschende schlagen Alarm: Die Hälfte der Dugong-Population könnte bereits verschwunden sein.

watson
Nikolas KozloffJan 20

Time for international movement to save #dugongs and their habitat

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/20/looking-for-miracle-thailand-dugong-sea-cows-seagrass-pollution #wildlife #pollution #seagrass

Looking for Miracle: why have so many dugongs gone missing from Thailand’s shores?

The Andaman coast was one of very few places in the world with a viable population but then dead dugongs began washing up. Now half have gone

The Guardian
Kate Oct 21
Rare dugong calf sighting in Alor spotlights seagrass & marine mammal conservation https://news.mongabay.com/2025/10/rare-dugong-calf-sighting-in-alor-spotlights-seagrass-marine-mammal-conservation/ 🐋 #Sirenia #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dugongs #Science
Rare dugong calf sighting in Alor spotlights seagrass & marine mammal conservation

A rare sighting of a baby dugong off Alor in East Nusa Tenggara has sparked renewed attention to the importance of protecting Indonesia’s seagrass ecosystems and marine wildlife. A short video was released Oct. 10 by the environmental foundation WWF-Indonesia showing the first documented appearance of a baby dugong (Dugong dugon) in the waters of […]

Mongabay Environmental News
Kate Oct 14
⟦Alagha et al.⟧ Detection of the largest herd of dugongs (Dugong dugon) in the Central Arabian Gulf using unmanned aerial vehicles https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science/articles/10.3389/fmars.2025.1620194/full 🐋 #Sirenia #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dugongs #Science
Frontiers | Detection of the largest herd of dugongs (Dugong dugon) in the Central Arabian Gulf using unmanned aerial vehicles

The dugongs (Dugong dugon), one of the few marine herbivorous mammals, are classified as vulnerable species by the IUCN, and their population monitoring is c...

Frontiers
NSW.BiodiversitySep 15, 2025

Boats not dugongs: GBR dredging

"Port Hinchinbrook marina remains inaccessible despite dredging project. Fewer boats in the area also made it a safer habitat for the animals."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-15/port-inchinbrook-marina-remains-inaccessible-after-dredging/105739106
#dugongs #GBR #dredging #boats #marina #flood #debris

Port Hinchinbrook marina remains inaccessible despite dredging project

Mud and silt continue to choke the channel connecting the controversial development to the Great Barrier Reef, once again putting industry and conservationists at odds over the fix. 

ABC News
Kate Aug 22, 2025
⟦Panyawai & Prathep⟧ Spatial and Seasonal Variation of Dugong Feeding Grounds and Habitat Use in Intertidal Seagrass Meadows: A Case Study at Libong Island, Thailand https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mms.70067?af=R 🐋 #Sirenia #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dugongs #Science