Fossil discoveries in Qatar reveal a new ancient sea cow species, closely resembling modern dugongs. These findings highlight how these giant herbivores shaped ancient seagrass ecosystems, acting as ...

Fossils from Qatar have revealed a small, newly identified sea cow species that lived in the Arabian Gulf more than 20 ...

Scientists have discovered the bones of a previously unknown sea cow species in the Qatarian desert's Al Maszhabiya region.

The findings suggest that sea cows have been engineering ecosystems in the Persian Gulf for tens of millions of years ...

Today, the Arabian Gulf is home to manatee-like marine mammals called dugongs that shape the seafloor as they graze on ...

Scientific history was made yesterday as a major international study, published in the rigorously peer reviewed open access ...

Tiny sea cow species, Salwasiren qatarensis, shaped seagrass meadows for 20 million years, offering clues for protecting dugongs.

A collaborative research between Qatar University (QU) and ExxonMobil is using drone technology to study the dugong population dynamics in the northwest coast of Qatar, home to the second largest ...

21 November 2007 Doha - Qatar has embarked on a major initiative to protect a unique sea mammal, dugong, which faces extinction in the Arabian Gulf waters. The Supreme Council for Environment and ...

26 March 2008 DOHA- The Supreme Council for Environment and Natural Reserves (SCENR) has successfully completed the first phase of its National Dugong Conservation Initiative.The SCENR undertook the ...

A major international study published in the peer-reviewed open-access journal, PeerJ, has formally identified a new species ...

Today, the Arabian Gulf is home to manatee-like marine mammals called dugongs that shape the seafloor as they graze on ...