Sound sense

Fishes seem to be developing ways to detect and avoid high-frequency sonars that trawlers use to locate them

Protecting dolphins

Smelling a rat!

Saving dolphins

The Patna high court gets cracking on erring officials

Resounding deaths

COVID-19 lockdown a blessing for the endangered Gangetic dolphin in Bihar: Experts

The animals are being seen in parts where they were not seen earlier due to human activities

Dolphins in trouble

Irrawaddy dolphin found dead in Chilika

This is the 8th dolphin death in Odisha in 8 months

UNHEALTHY CATCH

More baby dolphins in Chilika

‘CAG report on Bihar wildlife largely accurate but ground situation is evolving’

While CAG’s latest report on Bihar’s management of its wildlife sanctuaries and national parks is scathing in its indictment of the …

Farsighted plea on Pakistan's sightless dolphins

Experts have asked for a second dolphin reserve in Pakistan to house the blind river dolphin in the wake of a study on the impact of a …

Dwindling numbers

Critically endangered Yangtze finless porpoise return to lost lake stretches after sand mining ban: Report

Sand mining led to loss of habitat & range of the porpoise species but there is hope

Over 100 endangered pink dolphins found dead in the Brazilian Amazon

Amazon River is currently in its dry season and several specimens of river flora and fauna are dealing with record high temperatures

ST LUCIA

BRAZIL

Relocating to resuscitate

Dolphin populations increases in Chilika

Taiji is short of dolphin meat

A giant dolphin once resided in the Peruvian Amazon. Its closest living relatives today inhabit the Indus and Ganga

At 3.5 metres long, the Pebanista yacuruna was the largest river dolphin that ever existed  

The blind watchdog

Glimpses into life in the Chambal

Chambal's unique ecology has made it home to more than 500 species of mammals, birds, fish and reptiles. More than 30 of them are in IUCN's Red …

India’s first National Dolphin Research Centre finally a reality

Plan in works for a decade but faced several delays; institute in Patna to research the endangered freshwater mammals

Killing them softly

Dolphins, the most playful and beguiling mammals of water, are on the verge of extinction. Awareness programmes will go a long way in preserving …