There are some incredible animals that roamed the earth and its oceans millions of years ago, and an ancient freshwater dolphin species was just discovered in the Peruvian Amazon. The Weather Channel ...

This rare freshwater mammal has fascinated scientists, photographers, and local communities for centuries. Its striking color raises an obvious question: why is this dolphin pink?

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When dolphins began washing up dead by the dozens on Lake Tefe in Brazil's Amazonas state, hydrologist Ayan Fleischmann was sent ...

In fall 2023, hundreds of river dolphins turned up dead in Brazil’s Lake Tefé. At the time, researchers didn’t know what had killed them—but they had a strong suspicion. Unusually high water ...

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The government will take serious action, as the Mahakam Irrawaddy dolphin population has dropped to an alarming level,” said ...

Brazil's Fishing and Aquaculture Ministry is outlawing the fishing of a certain breed of catfish for the next five years. Not to protect the bottom-feeding catfish, but to protect the freshwater ...

The declining population of the Mahakam dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris), which lives in the Mahakam River, East Kalimantan, ...

When dolphins began washing up dead by the dozens on Lake Tefe in Brazil's Amazonas state, hydrologist Ayan Fleischmann was sent to find out why. What he and his colleagues discovered was startling: a ...