Case in point: the dugong. As you’ll see in this amazing YouTube video, dugongs are famous for moving along the ocean floor like vacuum cleaners, appearing to suck up debris found there.

A dugong in the Philippines has two sets of companions, streamlined remoras and striped golden jacks. The golden jacks grab small shrimps that the dugong stirs up and don’t bother the creature ...

The study said the dugong, a vegetarian mammal that ranges across Asia and Africa, has essentially vanished from the country’s coastline.

By Carolyn Cowan Unprecedented numbers of emaciated dugongs have washed up dead along Thailand’s Andaman Sea coast over the past three years, prompting marine scientists to urgently investigate ...

These elusive aquatic mammals are said to have inspired mermaids – but with dugong habitats shrinking globally, they are benefiting from a conservation program in Abu Dhabi that’s restoring ...

Dugongs once floated peacefully in southern Chinese waters. Now, however, because of hunting, habitat loss, collisions with ships and other human interventions, these gentle marine mammals are ...

In Tanzania, an origin story for dugongs describes a couple who were transformed into the first dugongs as punishment. Eating dugong meat is also believed by some to imbue long life, while others ...

Dugongs also the world’s only known marine mammal to be exclusively vegetarian, as even manatees have been recorded occasionally eating fish.

The Dugong, a Huggable, Seagrass-Loving Sea Cow, Has a New Best Friend: Drones Keeping tabs on the species’ populations is surprisingly hard. A new aerial effort tracks the marks they leave behind ...

What’s Happening in the Video? In the video, the dugong is rooting for grass with its sensitive snout. What appears to be a dugong vacuuming the ocean floor is actually a dugong eating.