The Rushikulya river mouth in Odisha has surfaced as a new haven for Irrawaddy dolphins, alongside its known reputation for Olive Ridley turtles. Local forest officials have reported sighting 13 ...

Irrawaddy dolphins found near Rushikulya river mouth in Odisha ...

India is home to hundreds of big and small rivers which have shaped the identity, culture, tourism and economy of the land. These are more than water .

A team of Chinese and Bangladeshi scientists made use of a China-made real-time acoustic monitoring system — dubbed "tech ears" — to detect 146 Ganges River dolphins. The Jamuna, known as the ...

New Delhi: To take forward the conservation of dolphins, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change rolled out the second rangewide estimation of riverine and estuarine dolphins ...

Entanglement in fishing nets and habitat loss are the greatest threats to dolphins. River dolphin populations are severely fragmented due to the building of dams. Some subpopulations of dolphins are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Bangladeshi government took a big step to protect biodiversity in November, issuing broad restrictions on fishing and other ...

The Ganges River in India is a final resting place for the ashes of loved ones. For those who can't make the journey, a river in Florida has become a substitute for the funeral tradition. The Ganges ...

The Bangladeshi government took a big step to protect biodiversity in November, issuing broad restrictions on fishing and other activities affecting the Halda River, as the Dhaka Tribune reported.