Record-high water temperatures and a historic drought are likely to blame for the recent deaths of more than 100 endangered dolphins in the Brazilian Amazon. By late September 2023, the carcasses of ...

Monitoring echolocation clicks could be used to track the movements of two endangered freshwater dolphin species that inhabit inaccessible parts of the Amazon Basin — the boto (or pink river dolphin) ...

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In early October 2023, it was reported that more than 120 pink river dolphins had been found dead in Lake Tefé, which is connected to the Amazon River. Local scientists hypothesize that the deaths ...

PUERTO NARINO, Colombia (AP) — 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 ...

Amazon river dolphins are under threat from fishing and proposed new dams and dredging, research shows. Scientists used satellite tags to track eight dolphins in the Peruvian Amazon, to discover where ...

The presentation of the "National Plan for the Conservation of Bufeo Boliviano - Inia boliviensis 2012-2016" this February 27 2013, is an achievement and an incentive to conserve the species. This ...