There’s the South Asian river dolphin (Platanista genus) and the Amazon river dolphin (Inia genus), also known as the pink river dolphin, and the two groups include several species and subspecies.

Amazon River dolphins, also known as botos (Inia geoffrensis), are unique freshwater cetaceans found in the rivers of the Amazon Basin. These dolphins are not only fascinating creatures but also ...

In the tranquil waters of the Amazon Basin, the pink river dolphin stands as a testament to the mysteries of nature. Their ...

For the first time ever, WWF and research partners are now tracking river dolphins in the Amazon using satellite technology after scientists successfully tagged dolphins in Brazil, Colombia and ...

With Donald Trump settling back into the White House, advocates for the Amazon worry about what his second term will mean for ...

The Amazon river dolphins — some pink in color — are a unique freshwater species found only in the rivers of South America. A slow reproductive cycle makes their populations especially prone ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Over 100 Amazon river dolphins died in Brazil's Lake Tefe amid a historic drought. Seventy carcasses were found on a single day when water temperatures soared to ...

Amazon river dolphins are showing alarming levels of contamination mainly because of illegal panning for gold, conservationists say. Researchers measured contamination levels in 46 of these large ...

The river has flooded the rain forest, luring freshwater dolphins to hunt in the woods. The Amazon dolphin, Inia geoffrensis, parted company with its oceanic ancestors about 15 million years ago ...

WWF has been working on bufeo conservation since 2006 as part of a South American initiative to estimate river dolphin populations in the Amazon and Orinoco basins. During that process, threats to the ...

Thomas Peschak (Germany/South Africa) documents the relationship between endangered Amazon river dolphins – also known as botos, or pink river dolphins – and the people who share their watery home. An ...

Thomas Peschak (Germany/South Africa) documents the relationship between endangered Amazon river dolphins – also known as botos, or pink river dolphins – and the people who share their watery home. An ...