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

The Amazon rainforest is the world’s largest rainforest and river system, and the most biologically diverse place on earth. It covers roughly 40% of South America, spanning Brazil, Bolivia, Peru ...

As the largest freshwater dolphin species, they can reach lengths of up to 8 feet (2.5 meters) and weigh approximately 400 pounds (185 kg). Their long, slender beaks house between 24-34 teeth per jaw ...

Amazon River Dolphin. Image by Fabrizio Frigeni via Unsplash. The creation of a signature whistle is a fascinating aspect of a dolphin’s early development. Dolphins typically start to develop their ...

Amazon river dolphin The Amazon river dolphin is the largest species of river dolphin. They are born dark grey, but turn pink as they mature.

A video of an Amazon river dolphin urinating in the air has caught the internet's attention. Originally filmed in 2016, the footage has resurfaced online, sparking widespread reactions and curiosity.

The newly resurfaced footage, originally captured in March 2016, shows an Amazon river dolphin, also known as botos, urinating into the air in Brazil’s Tocantins River.

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 ...

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 ...

After around 219 hours of observations, they can confirm that male Amazon river dolphins (Inia geoffrensis), also known as botos, often roll onto their backs and urinate over three feet into the air.

Record dry conditions in South America have led to wildfires, power cuts and water rationing. The world’s largest river system, the Amazon, which sustains some 30 million people across eight ...

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 ...