Bones from an Amazon pink river dolphin are embedded in dried mud along the banks of Lake Tefé in Tefe, Brazil, on Oct. 31, 2023. More than 200 river dolphins died in the 2023 drought that sent water ...

PUERTO CARREÑO, Colombia — The scientists had traveled down the muddy Orinoco River for hours, their single-engine boat hemmed in by rocks the size of small mountains, when the lead biologist let out ...

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 ...

A dolphin was captured on camera urinating into the air as another dolphin swims nearby in a rare occurrence that has left researchers and viewers bewildered. The newly resurfaced footage, originally ...

March 20 (UPI) --An international team of researchers found the remains of a giant freshwater dolphin that is about 16 million years old and the largest river dolphin species ever found, the ...

New research shows that Amazon River dolphins (Inia geoffrensis) are facing significant risks due to fishing, dams and dredging practices. Using satellites, cetacean experts were able to track eight ...

Scientists Wednesday announced the discovery of the 16-million-year-old remains of the largest river dolphin ever found on Earth. A skull of the long-extinct creature was uncovered in the Amazon in ...

TEFÉ, Brazil — Each morning for the last several weeks, researcher Miriam Marmontel has gazed out at Lake Tefé and the Amazon River, through a thick curtain of smoke from thousands of wildfires raging ...