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‘Shock’ dugong decline in Gulf of Carpentaria prompts calls for more research, fishing bans

Researchers have recorded a 50 per cent drop in dugong numbers in one of the most globally important…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #charlesdarwinuniversity #dugongs #environment #Environmentalimpact #GulfofCarpentaria #jamescookuniversity #marinelife #MarineScience #Science #seagrass #UK #UnitedKingdom
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/757734/

‘Shock’ dugong decline in Gulf of Carpentaria prompts calls for more research, fishing bans

Researchers have recorded a 50 per cent drop in dugong numbers in one of the most globally important…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #AU #Australia #charlesdarwinuniversity #dugongs #Environmentalimpact #GulfofCarpentaria #JamesCookUniversity #marinelife #MarineScience #Science #seagrass
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/876952/

‘Shock’ dugong decline in Gulf of Carpentaria prompts calls for more research, fishing bans

Researchers have recorded a 50 per cent drop in dugong numbers in one of the most globally important…
#Australia #AU #Austrlia #charlesdarwinuniversity #dugongs #environment #environmentalimpact #gulfofcarpentaria #jamescookuniversity #marinelife #marinescience #seagrass
https://www.europesays.com/australia/85515/

https://www.europesays.com/ie/667910/ ‘Shock’ dugong decline in Gulf of Carpentaria prompts calls for more research, fishing bans #CharlesDarwinUniversity #dugongs #Éire #Environment #EnvironmentalImpact #GulfOfCarpentaria #IE #Ireland #JamesCookUniversity #MarineLife #MarineScience #Science #seagrass

⟦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

Immer 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

⟦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

⟦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

‘Mermaid’ dugong spotted for first time in South China Sea reef in decades - Global Times https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202508/1341455.shtml 🐋 #Sirenia #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dugongs #Science

Scientists uncover the secret lives of dugongs in Moreton Bay https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2025-08-12/dugongs-moreton-bay-species-marine-science-conservation/105449400 🐋 #Sirenia #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dugongs #Science

Facebook’s reach is rubbish, and Meta’s politics? 🤮 So, I’ve started sharing Marine Mammal News over on Tumblr. Yes, there are ads, but at least they’re not* shoving targeted political nonsense in your face (*as much).

If you’re into whales, dolphins, manatees and the like, please come follow along: https://marine-mammal-news.tumblr.com/

🐬 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Dolphins #Science #Whales #Manatees #SeaOtters #PolarBears #Dugongs #Sealions #Seals #Tumblr #Facebook #Meta

https://www.europesays.com/uk/249818/ Whales, dolphins and dugongs live in Malaysian waters — here’s why they need protection #AnimalProtectiion #dolphins #dugongs #Malaysia #MareCetResearchOrganisation #Science #SeaCreature #UK #UnitedKingdom #whales #wildlife

We tracked 13,000 giants of the ocean over 30 years, to uncover their hidden highways https://phys.org/news/2025-06-tracked-giants-ocean-years-uncover.html 🐋 #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Whales #Sirenia #Dugongs #Manatees #PolarBears #Science

[Wang et al.] Spatial planning for dugong conservation: Assessing habitat suitability and conservation gaps in Indo-Pacific Convergence Zone https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0308597X25001927?dgcid=rss_sd_all 🐋 #Sirenia #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Science #Dugongs

Marine heatwave poses growing risk to #dugong population in Exmouth Gulf.

A new study suggests two species of seagrass in WA's north have been wiped out by an ongoing #marine #heatwave.

Researchers say it puts the state's second largest population of #dugongs at risk.

The WA government has defended its response with several key proposals for development in the area looming.

#marinemammals #auspol

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-19/dugongs-at-risk-from-wa-marine-heatwave/105052588

Long-term decline in Great Barrier Reef dugong populations confirmed https://phys.org/news/2023-09-long-term-decline-great-barrier-reef.html 🐋 #Sirenians #SeaCows #MarineMammals #MarineLife #Dugongs #Dugong #Australia #GreatBarrierReef

Steller’s sea cows were hunted to #extinction off #Alaska within 30 years of first observation by Europeans. Their closest relatives ( #manatees, #dugongs) live in much warmer waters.

How did Steller’s sea cows adapt to cold? Signore et al. (2023) reconstructed the #hemoglobin and showed a single mutation provided more oxygen to tissues for higher metabolic rates via multiple mechanisms - lower O2 affinity, higher solubility, etc.

Explainer🔗 https://elifesciences.org/digests/85414/how-sea-cows-survived-in-the-arctic

OA🔗 https://elifesciences.org/articles/85414

From dugong to octopuses, here are 8 marine species being pushed toward the poles https://phys.org/news/2023-06-dugong-octopuses-marine-species-poles.html 🐋 #Dugongs #Cetaceans #MarineMammals #MarineScience #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency