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⟦Meirelles et al.⟧ Habitat Suitability for a Unique, Fully Marine American Manatee (Trichechus manatus) Population Primarily Depends on Presence of Submarine Freshwater Springs https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mms.70194?af=R 🐋 #Manatee #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dugongs #Science
⟦Albrecht et al.⟧ DUST: A framework for quantifying dugong-seagrass interactions using low-cost UAVs https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0141113626002515?dgcid=rss_sd_all 🐋 #Sirenia #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dugongs #Science
Drones aid dugong conservation as threats mount across their range https://news.mongabay.com/2026/04/drones-aid-dugong-conservation-as-threats-mount-across-their-range/ 🐋 #Sirenia #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dugongs #Science #Drones
Drones aid dugong conservation as threats mount across their range
Drone technology is providing important new insights into the lives of dugongs, while also revealing the vital role they play in managing seagrass meadows, one of the ocean’s most important carbon sinks. Often referred to as sea cows, dugongs (Dugong dugon) are marine herbivores that can grow up to 3 meters (10 feet) long and […]
das ndImmer weniger #Dugongs werden vor der Küste Thailands gezählt. Die Meeressäuger leben von Seegras und leiden unter der Zerstörung ihres Lebensraums. Veterinärmediziner Korakot Nganvongpanit und seine Kolleg*innen von der Universität Chiang Mai und des »Phuket Marine Biological Centre« warnen in einer im Fachblatt »Veterinary Integrative Sciences« veröffentlichten Studie: »Ein starker Rückgang im Golf von Thailand reduzierte die Population auf nur noch 18 Dugongs.« 👉 https://www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1198420.meeressaeuger-thailands-seekuehe-drohen-zu-verschwinden.html
LaGriffeEn #Thaïlande, un influenceur se bat pour sauver les derniers #dugongs
Discret herbivore des mers tropicales, le dugong voit son habitat disparaître. En Thaïlande, l’influenceur « Pop » consacre son temps à surveiller et protéger l’espèce. https://lareleveetlapeste.fr/en-thailande-un-influenceur-se-bat-pour-sauver-les-derniers-dugongs/
War threatens Gulf's dugongs, turtles and birds https://phys.org/news/2026-03-war-threatens-gulf-dugongs-turtles.html 🐋 #Sirenia #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dugongs #Science #IranWar #TrumpsWar
DragofixThailand’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
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
Nikolas Kozloff has movedAnd 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
earthlingA 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.
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