The size of this fossil is very small compared to the common sea cow. Researchers used new technology to re-measure this ...

Scientists discover a 21-million-year-old dwarf sea cow that grazed in the Arabian Gulf, revealing how it transformed marine ecosystems.

The book falls into three parts, each connected to a different century and events related to what became known as Steller’s sea cow. Turpeinen has said in an interview that her entire interest began ...

Smithsonian researchers and collaborators at Qatar museums describe a sea cow bonebed in Qatar that is among the richest deposits of marine mammal fossils in the world Salwasiren was a miniature ...

A rare fossil has provided a snapshot of what was an exceptionally unlucky day for a prehistoric sea cow. The now-extinct species of dugong, a manatee-like marine mammal, was swimming in the sea about ...

Few complete skeletons remain of this gentle behemoth, who was destroyed by explorers and fur traders in the Arctic. Illustration of the extinct Steller's Sea Cow (Hydrodamalis gigas), a sirenian that ...

Gigantic and extinct, Steller’s sea cows would have played an important role in shaping their environment. Universal History Archive / Getty Images This article is from Hakai Magazine, an online ...

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