Scientists in Colombia’s Amazon are capturing and testing endangered pink river dolphins to monitor mercury contamination ...

Scientists are studying Amazon river dolphins to assess mercury pollution from illegal gold mining. Led by Fernando Trujillo, ...

September 12 is World Dolphin Day. Marine conservation and advocacy nonprofit Sea Shephard created the day in 2022 to ...

India's longest and most holy river, the Ganges, is home to thousands of dolphins. But their survival is under threat. But these aren't like the ones found in oceans. They don't leap out of the water ...

There are only three Indus river dolphins left in India now, according to the country’s first comprehensive survey of the aquatic animal that has sparked concern about the survivability of endangered ...

BEIJING — A rare, nearly blind white dolphin that survived for millions of years is "functionally extinct," an international expedition declared Wednesday after ending a fruitless six-week search of ...

At the Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan, just 5km (3.1 miles) from the banks of the river, the preserved bodies of the ...

Yet many of these species face severe threats due to habitat loss, illegal hunting and environmental changes. Below are five ...

WUHAN, China -- A dozen sleek grey Yangtze finless porpoises glide inside a vast pool at the Institute of Hydrobiology in ...

Scientists in Colombia’s Amazon are capturing and testing endangered pink river dolphins to monitor mercury contamination ...

The miners use mercury to separate gold from sediment, then dump the sludge back into rivers, where it enters fish eaten by ...