Entanglement in fishing nets and habitat loss are the greatest threats to dolphins. River dolphin populations are severely fragmented due to the building of dams. Some subpopulations of dolphins are ...

Most people enjoy spotting dolphins on vacation, but if you visited Brazil in 2023, you would not have wanted to see the dolphins there. Locals witnessed a devastating scene: hundreds of dead dolphins ...

Pink river dolphins and tucuxi dolphins perished after Amazon lakes reached temperatures hotter than most spa baths and hot tubs REUTERS/Bruno Kelly In 2023, Amazon lakes reached deadly temperatures ...

A rare pink dolphin has been spotted swimming in Louisiana's brackish wasters within the Gulf Coast since 2007. The animal, nicknamed "Pinky," is believed to be a bottlenose dolphin with albinism, ...

More than 200 river dolphins died in Brazil's Lake Tefé in the fall of 2023, with water temperatures soaring as high as 105.8 degrees Fahrenheit, according to a new study. Gustavo Basso / NurPhoto via ...

When dolphins began washing up dead by the dozens on Lake Tefe in Brazil's Amazonas state, hydrologist Ayan Fleischmann was sent to find out why. What he and his colleagues discovered was startling: a ...

Lakes in the Amazon became hotter than the maximum temperature recommended for hot tubs as unprecedented heat and drought in 2023 turned them into “shallow, simmering basins,” according to a new study ...

Deep in the Amazon, there's a creature that defies expectations - pink river dolphins. In this episode, we get up close with these rare freshwater mammals and explore how they’ve adapted to life in ...

A new study links a neurotoxin found in harmful algal blooms in the Indian River Lagoon to brain changes in dolphins there similar to Alzheimer's disease in humans. "The key takeaway is that it's just ...