River dolphins are among the most endangered mammals. In South America, their habitats are often polluted or blocked by dams and they easily get caught in fishing nets. WWF and its partners have ...

South American scientists are about to embark on an expedition through the rivers and watersheds of the Amazon and Orinoco Rivers to survey freshwater dolphins. Santiago de Cali, Colombia — South ...

PUERTO CARREÑO, Colombia — The scientists had traveled down the muddy Orinoco River for hours, their single-engine boat hemmed in by rocks the size of small mountains, when the lead biologist let out ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Since the 1980s, the combined populations of river dolphin species have plummeted by 73%. With the Global Declaration for River Dolphins, 14 ...

March 20 (Reuters) - Scientists on Wednesday unveiled a 16 million-year-old fossil skull unearthed in Peru of a river dolphin that once swam in waters that are now the Amazon, and whose closest living ...

The Amazon river dolphin, popularly known as the boto, is one of the world's most unusual mammals. Found in the winding rivers and flooded forests of the Amazon and Orinoco basins it is famous for its ...