giving birth underwater to one calf every three to seven years. LIFE CYCLE: Dugongs are long-lived with low reproductive rates, a long generation time, and a substantial investment in each offspring.

Spotting a mother dugong gracefully swimming with her calf in crystal-clear waters off the Australian coast is a rare and magical sight. Yet, earlier this month, a group of lucky travellers ...

A wild live dugong was found in Taiwan for the first time in 88 years, after it was accidentally caught by a fisher’s net on Tuesday in Yilan County’s Fenniaolin (粉鳥林). This is the first sighting of ...

The author, E.P. Brown, writes that the creature's devotion to its mates is only eclipsed by its commitment to its young, revealing that a mother dugong suckles its calf by holding the bub to the ...