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

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

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

River dolphins are emblematic freshwater cetaceans whose conservation is integral to safeguarding riverine ecosystems worldwide. Their survival is increasingly threatened by a multitude of ...

Already imperiled by habitat loss, climate change and the recent incidences of droughts in the Amazon, the endangered Amazon River Dolphins have yet another curse cast upon them- the myth that the ...

A dozen sleek grey Yangtze finless porpoises glide inside a vast pool at the Institute of Hydrobiology in Wuhan as scientists ...

The Indus dolphin, locally known as “bhulan,” is found almost exclusively in Pakistan. Dwelling mainly in a 1,300-kilometer (807-mile) stretch of the Indus River, the endangered mammal is functionally ...

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

Monitoring shows a 52% decline in pink dolphins and a 34% drop in gray river dolphins in this part of the Amazon in recent ...

The pink river dolphin is only found in the rivers of the Amazon, already endangered, the species is now facing a rising ...

A flash of pink breaks the muddy surface of the Amazon River as scientists and veterinarians, waist-deep in the warm current, patiently work a mesh net around a pod of river dolphins. They draw it ...