Amnesty International Brazil held a protest on Copacabana Beach on Saturday (July 5) to highlight environmental risks linked ...

Boaters cruising through Louisiana’s Calcasieu River last weekend got more than a nice day on the water — they witnessed ...

Credit: Field Museum Many of these animals are endangered or vulnerable to extinction, including pink river dolphins, 5-foot-long giant armadillos, and woolly monkeys.

Amazon river, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil South America. Image via Depositphotos The Amazon River Dolphin, also called the Pink Dolphin, is a distinct species found in the freshwater ecosystems of the ...

The Amazon river dolphin (Inia geoffrensis) belongs to the family Iniidae and is one of the few dolphin species that inhabits exclusively freshwater environments. Growing up to 8 feet (2.5 meters) in ...

5 fast facts about dolphins Dolphins use tools to find food. Some dolphins cover their beaks with sponges while searching for food on the seafloor. Others use empty shells to trap fish.

In the murky waters of the Amazon, pink river dolphins exhibit a surprising behavior. Jets of urine sprayed into the air may play a key role in their social interactions. These cetaceans, known as ...

Scientists are perplexed by a strange new behaviour shown by the Amazon river dolphin of flipping belly-up to urinate with another male “actively” seeking the stream with its snout.

An Amazon river dolphin, also known as a boto. Credit: Oceancetaceen / CC BY-SA 2.0 Scientists studying Amazon river dolphins, known as botos, have documented a peculiar ritual: males flip onto their ...

Scientists are perplexed by a strange new behaviour shown by the Amazon river dolphin of flipping belly-up to urinate with another male “actively” seeking the stream with its snout. The quirky ...

Scientists are perplexed by a strange new behaviour shown by the Amazon river dolphin of flipping belly-up to urinate with another male “actively” seeking the stream with its snout. The quirky dolphin ...