Researchers say they have made a startling discovery in the Amazon River. But their evidence wasn’t collected from the water—it could be seen from shore. After around 219 hours of observations, they ...

Every spring when the rains fall in South America, the Amazon River and its tributaries begin to spill their banks. Eventually, thousands of square miles of rainforest are flooded, creating a vast, ...

Strange, pink, small-eyed freshwater dolphins glide through today’s turbid waters of the Amazon river basin. But they are fast approaching extinction. The Amazon river dolphin (Inia geoffrensis), or ...

The Amazon river dolphin, or boto, is an integral feature of the rainforest’s biodiversity and culture, and is central to several Indigenous tales. Even though the dolphin isn’t fished for human ...

Freshwater dolphins in the Amazon Basin navigate through flooded forests during the wet season using their flexible bodies and echolocation clicks. Researchers have combined advanced acoustic ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Sao Paulo: More than 100 dolphins have died in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest in the past week as the region grapples with a severe ...

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