The animal was first seen swimming in the Helford River on Monday but rescuers could not help it.

River dolphins are emblematic freshwater cetaceans whose conservation is integral to safeguarding riverine ecosystems worldwide. Their survival is increasingly threatened by a multitude of ...

A Colombian marine biologist is working to study and preserve the river dolphins (particularly Inia geoffrensis) that live in the Amazon river basin. Fernando Trujillo, a marine biologist, National ...

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 ...

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?

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 mu.

The weird way dolphins are peeing in the Amazon River is baffling scientists - Mysterious behaviour may be form of communication ...

Researchers say 48 dolphins have died in the Halda over the past six and a half years, many showing signs of injury ...

Bird flu has killed 10 bottlenose dolphins in Florida's Indian River Lagoon, making it a global hotspot for the virus in ...

River dolphins in the Amazon and Orinoco are under ever increasing pressure from the impact of hydropower dams and mercury contamination from small-scale gold mining, according to results from the ...

IUCN Red List classifies the tucuxi river dolphin as endangered It’s official – all five of the world’s river dolphin species are now threatened with extinction after the IUCN Red List re-classified ...