Rare dolphin pulled from Amazon lake to study effects of climate change MANAUS, Brazil (Reuters) - A team of biologists, vets and fishermen temporarily captured rare freshwater dolphins in the Amazon ...

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STORY: These rare freshwater dolphins, known for their striking pink color, are only found in the rivers of South America. But climate change and drought are threatening the species. Now, a team of ...

PUERTO NARINO – A flash of pink breaks the muddy surface of the Amazon River as scientists and veterinarians, waist-deep in the warm current, patiently work a mesh net around a pod of river dolphins.

Around 16 million years ago, a dolphin giant cruised the depths of its watery domain. But unlike most modern dolphins, its home wasn't an ocean; it lived in a freshwater lake in the Peruvian Amazon.

Pink dolphins are an indicator species of the Amazon river, scientists say. Swimming with the piranhas and anacondas below the surface of the Amazon River in Bolivia is a rare species: pink, ...

Strange discoveries are normal in the largest rainforest on Earth, from the thousands of Amazonian "Stonehenges" to the world's largest snake ever found on record that was recently discovered in the ...

Artistic reconstruction of Pebanista yacuruna in the murky waters of the Peruvian proto-Amazonia. Credit: Jaime Bran Paleontologists from the University of Zurich have announced the discovery of a new ...