STORY: The remains of rare baby river dolphins have been washing up on the shores of Brazil's Lake Tefe in recent weeks. The Amazon rainforest is experiencing its worst drought on record and seeing ...

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 ...

There are around 40 species of dolphins alive today. They are found all over the world and live in both freshwater and marine habitats. However, although many species are thriving with populations in ...

Dolphins are usually grey and quick in the open ocean. In rivers, though, they can be different. In the Amazon, there’s a pink one, gliding through muddy water, almost glowing. Locals call it a boto, ...

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 ...