The Ganges river dolphin, which has been chosen as India’s national aquatic animal, is unique in its ecology, being nearly blind and relying on echolocation for its biological needs.

The Ganges River dolphin, known for its unique features, is found in the Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna river system and its tributaries across India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan. A small population ...

Lucknow: A pod of six stranded Gangetic river dolphins was rescued from the Sharda canal near Anchali Khera village in Lucknow's Mohanlalganj and released into the Ghaghra river in Bahraich ...

The WCS said that Bangladesh has around 6,000 Irrawaddy dolphins, some 2,300 bottlenose dolphins and 1,500 pink dolphins. There are 250 Ganges river dolphins or shushuks in the Sundarbans and 125 in ...

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It becomes more of a public tragedy to lose a large, charismatic species like the river dolphin," said Chris ... This is the end of a whole branch of evolution." The damage to the baiji's habitat ...

A rare and unexpected sighting has been reported of what appears to be a dolphin or a porpoise swimming in the River Usk in Newport. This unusual occurrence has captured the attention of local ...

Local Burmese fisher Maung Lay shows how his family has traditionally teamed up with rare river dolphins and explains why their partnership is now at risk. (Video by Demelza Stokes and Mark ...

This controversial global industry claims that dolphins help treat those with autism and other disorders. Even some of its proponents say there’s no science behind it. Dolphin-assisted therapy ...

A rare and unexpected sighting has been reported of what appears to be a dolphin or a porpoise swimming in the River Usk in Newport. This unusual occurrence has captured the attention of local ...

Bottlenose dolphins live in complex societies where each animal has a small number of closely connected individuals and a larger number of looser associates (not dissimilar to our own social ...

WUHAN -- A white-flag dolphin has been seen in Yangtze River in east China, just days after a leading Chinese scientist said the animal was likely extinct. A baiji dolphin. [File] A man with a ...