Two brave fishermen from the Philippines began the year by saving the life of a trapped dugong or sea cow, the ancient sea mammal generally credited with being the origin of the mermaid myth. Manila, ...

The beautiful myth reappears in Taiwan,” said Jeng Ming-hsiou (鄭明修), head of Academia Sinica’s biodiversity research center, referencing how dugongs are sometimes considered the origin of mermaid ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A dugong, the marine mammal believed to have inspired the legendary mermaid, was spotted off the coast of Yilan on Tuesday, marking the species' first live sighting in Taiwan in ...