Only three people surveyed from coastal communities in China reported seeing the dugong in the past five years. Known as the ocean's most gentle giant, the dugong's slow, relaxed behaviour is ...

DESCRIPTION: The dugong is a marine mammal related to the manatee. It averages nine feet in length and weighs 550 to 1,000 pounds. The Okinawa dugong is slate gray to gray bronze in color and its tail ...

Eleanor is a content creator and social media assistant with an undergraduate degree in zoology and a master’s degree in wildlife documentary production. Once mistaken for mermaids, dugongs ...

Mozambique has launched an extensive survey using rare satellite tagging technology in Bazaruto Archipelago National Park in a bid to track dugong movements and safeguard their habitat.

Oct. 18, 2024 — Researchers have developed an in vitro cancer model to investigate why breast cancer spreads to bone. Their findings hold promise for advancing the development of preclinical ...

You might face a similar problem when looking at the skeleton. Until the age of about 30, your bones are still growing, and the ends of the shafts are fusing to short bone caps called epiphyses.

The dugong, an endangered marine animal species designated as a natural monument by the government of Japan, almost certainly inhabit broad areas of the Ryukyu Island chain in Okinawa Prefecture ...

What is a broken bone? A broken bone and a fracture are the same thing. The bone could be cracked, snapped, crushed or broken into a few pieces. No matter how the bone is broken, the first aid steps ...

Coral colonies are habitats and breeding grounds for many marine species, including sharks, manatees, dugongs, fish, sea urchins ... and has been used for bone grafts for decades. Only a small number ...

New research provides a potential explanation for why long-term sclerostin neutralization leads to continued bone mass gain, despite attenuation of its short-term effects on bone formation.

Bone-conduction wireless headphones don't go on your ears -- they actually deliver sound to your ears through your cheekbones. Here are the top models. Executive Editor David Carnoy has been a ...

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