Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading. Wuru’s story is similar. In 2005, at a month old, she too ...

This November, Pig the dugong celebrated his 21st birthday at SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium. The birthday boy was presented with a bean sprout cake and new toy at a party thrown in his honor, complete with ...

MUNCHING on 80kg of lettuce doesn’t sound very tempting, but for this weird and wonderful dugong it’s all in a day’s work. Every day Sea Life Sydney Aquarium’s resident dugongs Wuru and Pig clock on ...

SWIMMING with fish and sting rays is not how most cleaners spend their day. But when you’re making sure Sydney Aquarium’s dugong tank is spotless it’s just another day at the office. But when you are ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Gold Coast. Followed categories will be added to My News. Following an intensive three-month long rescue and rehabilitation operation he was given a new home in ...

A 300kg sea cow that only eats lettuce is costing Sea Life Sydney Aquarium an eyewatering sum of $18,000 a month. Sydney Sea Life Aquarium’s resident dugong ‘Pig’ eats 35kg of cos lettuce every single ...

Sky News host Chris Kenny says “you’ll be staggered” at what the diet of a dugong named ‘Pig’ at SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium is now costing due to the impacts of inflation. “We’ve found Australia’s ...

TOKYO – Americans may seem obsessed with animals, with daycare for dogs and TV therapists for cats, not to mention the hours we spend looking at photos of cute critters on the Internet. But it's ...

Americans may seem obsessed with animals, with day care for dogs and TV therapists for cats, not to mention the hours we spend looking at photos of cute critters on the Internet. But it’s generally ...

COURTESY SUSAN SCOTT An excited child reaches toward Wuru, a dugong. Wuru’s story is similar. In 2005, at a month old, she too lost her mother. Human helpers nursed Wuru to adulthood in the Oceanarium ...