5/2/2018
River dolphins are already legally protected in the Amazon basin, but the laws need greater enforcement, researchers said. Another type of river dolphin found in South Asia (Platanista gangetica) is considered endangered by the IUCN. In China, the Yangtze River dolphin or baiji (Lipotes vexillifer), was ...
Amazon river dolphins are the lesser-known, freshwater cousins of the dolphin world, and comprise the boto and tucuxi species. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has classified both species as Data Deficient, as insufficient data exist to determine if they are at risk of ...
Two kinds of river dolphins are dying off fast in the Amazon region, and may face extinction unless they are more vigorously protected against fishing, researchers in Brazil said Wednesday. Once considered abundant in the Amazon basin, the boto (Inia geoffrensis) and the tucuxi (Sotalia fluviatilis) are ...
Populations of freshwater dolphins in the Amazon basin are in steep decline, dropping by half about every decade at current rates, according to a study published May 2, 2018 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Vera da Silva from Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Manaus, Amazonas ...
There are two species of river dolphins living in the Amazon basin: the boto (Inia geoffrensis) and the tucuxi (Sotalia fluviatilis). The boto, also known as the pink river dolphin, is famous for its pink coloring, but many people aren't aware that it actually comes in a large variety of shades. The dolphins first ...