It took just 27 years for us to discover, formally describe, and drive a sea cow species to extinction. The Steller’s sea cow ...
Some members of the sea cow species called dugongs spend their days feasting on seagrass in the Persian Gulf. By doing so, the bulbous marine mammals act as “ecosystem engineers,” reshaping the ...
Over a million species of animals and plants are now hanging by a thread, more than ever before in human history, says the International Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services ...
An artistic reconstruction of a herd of ancient sea cows foraging on the seafloor. In southwest Qatar, fossils of a new species of ancient sea cow, Salwasiren qatarensis, were found in 21-million-year ...