By Mongabay.com A colonial-era myth about endangered pink river dolphins in the Amazon has led to a false belief that ...

Some also live in rivers, including the Amazon River in South America and the Ganges River in India. Dolphins are technically classified as whales, but are different from their larger cousins in ...

This is especially critical in the case of the Irrawaddy dolphin subpopulation in the Mekong River. The initiative will support activities to prevent construction of the Sambor and Stung Treng dams in ...

Sea Shepherd is launching a new conservation research campaign in Brazil to protect the dolphins of the Amazon River. The scientific expedition, known as Boto Da Amazônia (Amazon River Dolphin ...

How big they are: From 5 to 32 feet (1.5 to 10 meters) long, depending on the species Dolphins live in almost every ocean, except most tend to avoid the cold waters in the Arctic and around Antarctica ...

The Amazon river dolphin is one of two freshwater dolphin species living in the Amazon and Orinoco basins. Only this species has evolved to explore the seasonally flooded forest habitat. “River ...

Dolphins live in almost every ocean, except most tend to avoid the cold waters in the Arctic and around Antarctica. Some also ...

The region around the lake is a key habitat for mammals and other aquatic ... the Mamiraua environmental institute, said. The Amazon river dolphins — some pink in color — are a unique ...

Because of habitat loss and bycatch from indiscriminate ... But for the Kukama Indigenous people in the Amazon, pink river dolphins are deeply respected, says local healer Lander Pizango, adding ...

Rescuers caught the dolphin in nets and carried them in padded containers in an all-terrain vehicle to the larger river, where they were released. The dolphins weight about 30 to 40 kilograms.

A joint declaration has been signed between nine nations from Asia and South America to save river dolphins from ... improve water quality in the dolphins’ habitat, create protected areas ...