This summer, ditch the usual getaways and head to the Andaman Islands for an underrated tropical escape that’s just a ...

A dugong — an animal similar to a manatee ... cholera, yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis, rabies, meningitis, polio, measles, mumps and rubella (MMR), T-DAP (tetanus, diphtheria and ...

The U.S. Navy controlled Guam for 42 years, which was interrupted by the Japanese occupation of Guam during World ... the governor has raised urgent concerns about threats to endangered dugongs and ...

When Piyarat Khumraksa started combing through five years of Thai government data on dugong deaths, she did not anticipate uncovering a crisis of national significance. The Department of Marine and ...

Despite resembling whales, dolphins and porpoises, dugongs are believed to be more closely related to elephants. These herbivores are typically sighted in estuaries and shallow coastal waters ...

Videos of a dugong appearing near the shore of Con Dao Island off the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau have gone viral on local social media. -- A four-kilometer road connecting Tran Quoc Hoan and ...

The case of Si Tenang the baby dugong captured national attention in 1999. Atan Hussin (Pak Atan), a fisherman in southern Johor, had accidentally caught a baby dugong in his net. Finding that it ...

Hiking Amami-Oshima’s pristine and diverse forests; seeing diverse and well-preserved coral reefs, as well as rare marine species such as the dugong and the rabbitfish; kayaking through Japan ...

Key strategies include training coastal officials in rescuing stranded dugongs, expanding community-based monitoring networks, and raising awareness among fishermen and tour operators. BANGKOK ...