By Mongabay.com A colonial-era myth about endangered pink river dolphins in the Amazon has led to a false belief that ...

The Pink River Dolphin, a mysterious and intelligent Amazon creature, captivates with folklore but faces serious conservation ...

A colonial-era myth about endangered pink river dolphins in the Amazon has led to a false belief that perfumes or pusangas made from their body parts are potent love potions.According to a recent ...

Colombian marine biologist Fernando Trujillo has spent a lifetime working with the endangered creatures, which offer a window ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Over 100 Amazon river dolphins died in Brazil's Lake Tefe amid a historic drought. Seventy carcasses were found on a single day when water temperatures soared to ...

A total of 19 pink freshwater dolphins belonging to an extremely ... from those that exist in the South American Orinoco and Amazon river basins. The animals had swum from their normal home ...

Some also live in rivers, including the Amazon River in South America and the Ganges River in India ... In 2023, a woman ...

The Amazon river dolphins — some pink in color — are a unique freshwater species found only in the rivers of South America. A slow reproductive cycle makes their populations especially prone ...

The Yangtze river dolphin of China is presumed to be extinct, having been last spotted in 2007. The distinctively pink Amazon river dolphin is over 2.5 metres long. The equally large Ganges river ...

The Amazon dolphin, Inia geoffrensis ... when the water retreats back into the river channel and both sexes are thrown together. Being pink is not the only strategy males have for impressing ...

Sea Shepherd is launching a new conservation research campaign in Brazil to protect the dolphins of the Amazon River. The scientific expedition, known as Boto Da Amazônia (Amazon River Dolphin ...