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Plastic bottle found in dead whale in southern Thailand
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/12/2025
» Marine authorities discovered a plastic bottle lodged in the digestive tract of a dead Bryde’s whale found washed ashore on a beach in Songkhla province in southern Thailand.
Bhutan's monarch gifts two takin, their national animal, to Thailand
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 03/06/2025
» The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has finalised preparations to receive two takin (Budorcas taxicolor), Bhutan’s national animal, as a royal gift from the King and Queen of the small Himalayan nation.
Dugongs 'may decline 70%'
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 07/11/2024
» Dugong populations in the Andaman Sea are expected to decline by 70% over the next four years due to the diminishing supply of seagrass, which is their main source of food, a marine biologist has warned.
Sick dugong 'cause for deep alarm'
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 24/03/2024
» An emaciated and fatigued dugong was sighted last week near Trang's Koh Libong, a renowned habitat for this marine mammal.
3 dugong deaths so far this year
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 09/03/2024
» Three dugongs have been found dead since the beginning of this year, while many others are found to be too skinny due to a shortage of seagrass.
58-year-old hippo to get birthday party
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/09/2023
» The public is being invited to help Mae Mali, the oldest living hippopotamus in the country, celebrate her 58th birthday at Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Chon Buri this weekend.
Jumbo death spurs call to shun plastic bags
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 12/07/2020
» The latest loss of a wild elephant which died with plastic bags in its intestines and stomach showed the public campaign to reduce plastic bags was "falling on deaf ears", Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Minister Varawut Silpa-archa says.
Baby dugong 'Mariam' to stream on Facebook
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 28/06/2019
» The Department of Marine and Coastal Resources is planning a 24-hour live Facebook broadcast of superstar Mariam -- a six-month old female orphan dugong -- claiming it will be the world's first case study on how to look after the rare marine mammal species.
Baby dugong on road to recovery
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 05/06/2019
» A baby dugong which was left stranded near a beach but later saved by veterinarians will be released back into the wild in the next six months after rehabilitation, a marine chief said on Tuesday.